Hi, I would like to rebuild the app including some modification to a file in order to disable the search feature for anonymous users.(more than with just css) Can anyone provide me some documentation for the syntax of those hooks for the from: & to: part? - replace: filename: "/var/www…

Thanks for pointing that out. Just to clarify, what’s the name of the hidden site setting? And does it fully disable search for anonymous users, or just hide the results? I’m looking for a way to block access at the controller level, so wondering if that setting alone is enough or if some custom cod…

Thanks for providing with the variable, with this documentation I could make it work. So I modified the app.yml with the following, saved, then ./launcher restart app(no rebuild needed) env: DISCOURSE_RATE_LIMIT_SEARCH_ANON_GLOBAL_PER_MINUTE: 0 Now the /search page is unreachable = great Now t…

[image] opcourdis: But the question is : is this thorough? Can anyone just create a simple session cookie to make it look like they are connected so that they can access the content of the site through searches? As in log in to do searches? On the OP you specified that you want to [image…

I mean non logged in user that would create a session cookie to pretend they are logged in but maybe I am fetching a bit too far here as I guess that the currentUser function checks the session key.

[image] opcourdis: I mean non logged in user that would create a session cookie to pretend they are logged in :face_with_raised_eyebrow: That would be a security issue. If you can achieve that make sure to report to HackerOne [image] opcourdis: but maybe I am fetching a bit too far here …

" That would be a security issue. If you can achieve that make sure to report to HackerOne " No, I am new to discourse, I cannot even quote properly :slight_smile: , I was just asking, maybe there was some discourse engineer around :slight_smile: ; anyway, we got our solution to this thread thanks t…

DISCOURSE_RATE_LIMIT_SEARCH_ANON_GLOBAL_PER_MINUTE: 0 mais n'hésitez pas à essayer ceci au niveau du contrôleur : /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/search_controller.rb La modification : ajouter « if current_user.present? » après « def show » et ajouter un « end » en bas de la condition.

Hooks from: & to: syntax in yml to disable anonymous searches

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Falco (Falco) June 21, 2025, 2:05am 2

There is a hidden site setting to accomplish that:

rate_limit_search_anon_global_per_minute

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Hooks from: & to: syntax in yml to disable anonymous searches

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