Hi, when I try to create a post with markdown date i’ll get an error 500. This error trigger via normal frontend post also! What i’m doing wrong? curl -X POST `https://forum.example.com/posts.json` -H “Api-Key: ” -H “Api-Username: nobodyfrm” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“topic_id”: 553,“raw”: “CSD Limburg 2025-05-10T00:00:00Z (UTC)”}’ Logs: Message (11 copies reported) MiniRacer::RuntimeError (TypeError: moment.tz is not a function) lib/pretty_text.rb:238:in `eval' lib/pretty_text.rb:238:in `block in markdown' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `block in protect' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `synchronize' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `protect' lib/pretty_text.rb:175:in `markdown' lib/pretty_text.rb:301:in `cook' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:30:in `cook' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:149:in `cooked_stripped' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:126:in `raw_links' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:143:in `link_count' app/models/post.rb:312:in `public_send' app/models/post.rb:312:in `block (2 levels) in ' lib/validators/post_validator.rb:141:in `max_links_validator' lib/validators/post_validator.rb:20:in `validate' lib/post_creator.rb:179:in `valid?' lib/post_creator.rb:187:in `create' lib/new_post_manager.rb:321:in `perform_create_post' lib/new_post_manager.rb:255:in `perform' app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:218:in `block in create' lib/distributed_memoizer.rb:16:in `block in memoize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:53:in `block in synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:34:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_memoizer.rb:12:in `memoize' app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:217:in `create' app/controllers/application_controller.rb:428:in `block in with_resolved_locale' app/controllers/application_controller.rb:428:in `with_resolved_locale' lib/middleware/omniauth_bypass_middleware.rb:35:in `call' lib/content_security_policy/middleware.rb:12:in `call' lib/middleware/anonymous_cache.rb:415:in `call' lib/middleware/csp_script_nonce_injector.rb:12:in `call' config/initializers/008-rack-cors.rb:26:in `call' lib/middleware/default_headers.rb:13:in `call' config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:20:in `call' config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call' lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:23:in `call' lib/middleware/processing_request.rb:12:in `call' lib/middleware/request_t... Backtrace lib/pretty_text.rb:238:in `eval' lib/pretty_text.rb:238:in `block in markdown' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `block in protect' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `synchronize' lib/pretty_text.rb:678:in `protect' lib/pretty_text.rb:175:in `markdown' lib/pretty_text.rb:301:in `cook' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:30:in `cook' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:149:in `cooked_stripped' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:126:in `raw_links' app/models/post_analyzer.rb:143:in `link_count' app/models/post.rb:312:in `public_send' app/models/post.rb:312:in `block (2 levels) in ' lib/validators/post_validator.rb:141:in `max_links_validator' lib/validators/post_validator.rb:20:in `validate' lib/post_creator.rb:179:in `valid?' lib/post_creator.rb:187:in `create' lib/new_post_manager.rb:321:in `perform_create_post' lib/new_post_manager.rb:255:in `perform' app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:218:in `block in create' lib/distributed_memoizer.rb:16:in `block in memoize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:53:in `block in synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_mutex.rb:34:in `synchronize' lib/distributed_memoizer.rb:12:in `memoize' app/controllers/posts_controller.rb:217:in `create' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb:8:in `send_action' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:226:in `process_action' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:193:in `process_action' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:261:in `block in process_action' activesupport (7.2.2.1) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:121:in `block in run_callbacks' app/controllers/application_controller.rb:428:in `block in with_resolved_locale' i18n (1.14.7) lib/i18n.rb:353:in `with_locale' app/controllers/application_controller.rb:428:in `with_resolved_locale' activesupport (7.2.2.1) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:130:in `block in run_callbacks' activesupport (7.2.2.1) 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(2.20.1) lib/logster/middleware/reporter.rb:40:in `call' lib/middleware/default_headers.rb:13:in `call' railties (7.2.2.1) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:41:in `call_app' railties (7.2.2.1) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:29:in `call' config/initializers/100-quiet_logger.rb:20:in `call' config/initializers/100-silence_logger.rb:29:in `call' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:33:in `call' lib/middleware/enforce_hostname.rb:23:in `call' rack (2.2.17) lib/rack/method_override.rb:24:in `call' actionpack (7.2.2.1) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/executor.rb:16:in `call' rack (2.2.17) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:110:in `call' plugins/discourse-prometheus/lib/middleware/metrics.rb:14:in `call' rack-mini-profiler (4.0.0) lib/mini_profiler.rb:191:in `call' lib/middleware/processing_request.rb:12:in `call' message_bus (4.4.1) lib/message_bus/rack/middleware.rb:60:in `call' lib/middleware/request_tracker.rb:385:in `call' actionpack (7.2.2.1) 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Does it work if you do it from the UX? Do you have any third post party plugins?

no, it dont work from the normal user ux/frontend. Plugins: Name URL Custom wizard Bump version · paviliondev/discourse-custom-wizard@6e1efdd · GitHub Data explorer Build(deps-dev): Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#378) · discourse/discourse-data-explorer@d60c7ac · GitHub Discourse-Kalender FIX: Destroy calendar popover on navigation (#761) · discourse/discourse-calendar@a034764 · GitHub Docs Build(deps-dev): Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#211) · discourse/discourse-docs@17909a9 · GitHub Footnote DEV: Add various APIs and outlets to the themes config area (#33385) · discourse/discourse@0ccf792 · GitHub Journal Merge pull request #8 from fokx/main · paviliondev/discourse-journal@ecbd0ff · GitHub Locations Merge pull request #127 from davidtaylorhq/raw-handlebars · merefield/discourse-locations@06048dc · GitHub Prometheus bump rack from 3.1.15 to 3.1.16 (#150) · discourse/discourse-prometheus@a1e0ba6 · GitHub Signatures Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#90) · discourse/discourse-signatures@c0d69bd · GitHub Discourse Spoiler-Alarm DEV: Add various APIs and outlets to the themes config area (#33385) · discourse/discourse@0ccf792 · GitHub Discourse – Folgen Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#153) · discourse/discourse-follow@240f7f9 · GitHub Discourse – Gamifizierung Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#205) · discourse/discourse-gamification@178cb22 · GitHub Discourse – Gelöst FIX: Check if user has existing solution despite trust_level=any for … · discourse/discourse-solved@0350b46 · GitHub Discourse – Wer ist online? Bump rack from 3.1.12 to 3.1.16 (#131) · discourse/discourse-whos-online@7618335 · GitHub Themes & Components Name URL DiscoTOC GitHub - discourse/DiscoTOC: A Discourse theme component that generates a table of contents for topics with one click · GitHub discourse-reply-template-component GitHub - discourse/discourse-reply-template-component · GitHub Hamburger links component GitHub - discourse/discourse-custom-hamburger-links · GitHub Icon Header Links GitHub - discourse/discourse-icon-header-links · GitHub

What Discourse version are you on? [image] nobodyfrm: curl -X POST https://forum.example.com/posts.json` -H “Api-Key: ” -H “Api-Username: nobodyfrm” -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“topic_id”: 553,“raw”: “CSD Limburg [date=2025-05-10]”}’` Your post raw looks funky here. Can you confirm you wrote this curl -X POST `https://forum.example.com/posts.json` \ -H “Api-Key: ” \ -H “Api-Username: nobodyfrm” \ -H “Content-Type: application/json” \ -d ‘{“topic_id”: 553,“raw”: “CSD Limburg `` [date=2025-05-10]`”}’ [image] nobodyfrm: This error trigger via normal frontend post also! Or share a video/screenshot of what you are typing in the composer.

your curl creates a post but the date is quoted text - not a date. [grafik] [grafik]

i found my mistake: Some plugins are now included in discourse core so the plugins was outdated. After I fixed this it works as expected.

I am not sure if this is the solution for me since I have had it happen after updating Discourse thus, any core plugins should have updated with discourse in my case. Reference my Post: Internal Server Error - Time/Date Insert - Support - Discourse Meta Someone referenced this one, but while I think its related, I don’t know if its 100% the same.

Create post with markdown date returns error 500

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nobodyfrm July 31, 2025, 10:04am 5

your curl creates a post but the date is quoted text - not a date.

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