hugh
August 19, 2025, 8:07am
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Color palettes have been receiving a lot of attention lately as we’ve been adding features and improving the flow of creating and managing colour palettes. The aim of these updates is to make it easy to apply your brand colors to your community, while continuing to cater to varied and dynamic colour palette options. Recent updates to colour palettes include significantly improved dark mode handling at the theme level, better sorting of palettes in the admin, visual palette previews in user preferences, and improved wording of settings for palettes to make them easier to configure.
Read the latest announcements about these updates . There are more color palette updates on the way!
Discourse core now includes settings for a built-in welcome banner that can be configured for each theme. This replaces the existing Advanced search banner theme component, making the banner more usable and simple to configure. Taking advantage of new theme site settings, the welcome banner can be enabled for themes individually, with display settings being changed globally, giving you more control over where and how it is displayed to your members.
Check out the documentation for adding a welcome banner to your theme .
We’ve published a few updates to make the staff action logs more useful. These are logs available at /admin/logs/staff_action_logs that allow you to see all the actions being taken by your community’s staff, so you can keep track of the who, when, why, and what of changes being made to your site. The recent updates add a date range selector to the logs, giving you more granular control over how they are displayed and what you choose to see and export.
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tgxworld
August 19, 2025, 8:07am
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But wait, there’s more! We do our best to highlight new features and changes for you, but there’s always too many changes to detail. For a full list of new features, bug fixes, UX improvements, and more, be sure to review the Additional Features and Fixes listed below.
Pagination was broken past 50 follows/followers (239 )
Use correct page for load_more_uri (238 )
Allow topic title editing for non-ActivityPub posts (235 )
Use TagDropHeader component instead of just strings (48 )
Skip spam scanning when relevant content is unchanged or edited by staff (34391 )
Ability to regenerate short summaries (34345 )
Disable user tips + narrative bot welcome post for all sites (34316 )
Translation progress admin UI (34239 )
Enable topic creation button for read only categories (34211 )
CRUD access for ai-artifacts (admin only) (34193 )
Improve color palette sorting order in admin (34282 )
Opt-in to the responses API when using Azure (34290 )
Display automation scripts in the AI features page (34254 )
Localize topic view in crawler view (34253 )
Filter tips for assigned topics (33992 )
Localize topic titles and category names in crawler view (34212 )
Remove dark mode checkbox (34165 )
Add previews to color palette selectors (34129 )
Add support for ‘minimal’ reasoning effort in OpenAI models (34179 )
Support GPT-5 (34168 )
Theme default option in user interface (34126 )
AI header icon should remember last URL (34108 )
Add support for matryoshka in Gemini embeddings (34145 )
Make staff action logs export respect the filter (34113 )
Theme default option in user interface (34110 )
Add date range selector to staff action log (33959 )
Add toggle for PM gists to Discourse AI (34107 )
Add option to hide IP addresses from moderators (33682 )
Make HyDE optional in AI search (34074 )
Localize topic titles in notifications and bookmarks (34059 )
Use a persona when running the AI triage automation script (34010 )
User preference for editor Markdown monospace font (34051 )
Add dark color scheme setting for themes (33967 )
Allow re-localization twice a day if post version has changed (34023 )
Add new edit_tags_allowed_groups setting (34000 )
Fetch pre-build JS assets by default (34009 )
Color mode preference (33875 )
Reset bump date when unhiding a post (33926 )
Add unicode username support for composer rich text (33734 )
Reset bump date when hiding a post (33895 )
Localize language names (33790 )
Refresh palettes list when navigating back to palettes list page (34374 )
Include llm_persona_triage scripts in the AI features’ triage section (34395 )
Truncate seeded persona’s names to fit name length constraint (34393 )
Allow users in content_localization_allowed_groups to delete translations (34385 )
Language dropdown in wizard should filter correctly (34379 )
A typo on the change callback for wizard (34378 )
Fix the closing paragraph tag in locale (34372 )
Ensure confirm user fields are exported correctly in user lists. (34375 )
Hide header search for certain routes (34294 )
Prioritize default light and dark palette in admin (34348 )
Allow themes index to resort when adding new themes (34314 )
Incorrect site setting link for plugins in admin search (34349 )
Edit color palette button pointing to wrong route (34318 )
Link to correct staff action logs for theme site setting (34315 )
Improve automation on/off toggle (33482 )
Use group name in unreachable mention warning (34174 )
Clean up user_auth_token_logs even when verbose logging is disabled (34196 )
Set category text color on field blur (34289 )
Deleted topic causes an issue when replacing attributes (34286 )
System theme site serializer and stylesheet manager specs (34277 )
Ensure AI gists render on mobile (34261 )
Border-radius should appear in the edit topic title input (34258 )
Improve color input hex autocomplete (34218 )
Use correct subcategory subfolder path in crawler (34250 )
Don’t make Horizon’s palettes user-selectable (34062 )
Use a valid value for disabling backups using backup_frequency (34245 )
Theme site settings not reloading across processes (34242 )
Remove redundant allowedGroups parameter (34244 )
Allow admins to delete invites created by others (34064 )
Simplify full name requirement logic during signup (34215 )
Update small screen styles (34232 )
Assume buffer also carries stuff from previous chunks, not just the last one (34230 )
Showing errors during social auth in some edge cases (34220 )
Improve signup destination URL handling (34221 )
Improve filtering with multiple tag filters (34120 )
User autocomplete search cache pollution (34208 )
Update final destination to use more recent user agent (34207 )
Rich editor ENTER after non-text node (34188 )
Paste mention from post to rich editor (34184 )
Hcaptcha plugin was incompatible with login-required sites (34181 )
Show error message when social auth fails for suspended users (34173 )
Redirect to ‘private’ topic when using discourse connect (34176 )
Rich editor html_inline parseDOM not setting the tag attr (34175 )
Do not exit early from login route in webviews (34172 )
Url escaping on rich editor when autolink/linkify (34164 )
Correct open ai endpoint call (34170 )
Don’t try to update automation field if we couldn’t create a Persona due to missing fields (34147 )
Remove confusing multi link markdown example from summary persona (34146 )
AI search tool should respect new hyde setting (34117 )
Make sure we don’t add parts of the same chunk twice when dealing with ParserErrors (34143 )
User tips in languages with apostrophes (34118 )
Show loading spinner when redirecting to discourse connect (34135 )
Make theme live-reload safer (34133 )
Update logic for displaying admin palette warning (34121 )
JS/HBS connectors in themes (34130 )
Catch possible PG exception from Chat::AutoJoinChannels (34132 )
Event scheduler could create dupe record (34127 )
‘destination_url’ cookie handling (33072 )
‘custom’ prefix was removed. Cleanup llm_report’s model field (34099 )
Partial migrations (34085 )
Do not perform null translation (34084 )
Make sure strings are correctly escaped before seeding a persona for triage scripts (34082 )
Update fallback style for category-link helper (34076 )
Use correct variable for triage personas migration (34067 )
Remove custom prefix when seeding personas for triage (34066 )
Infinite reload in viewport-based-mobile-mode (34058 )
Helper rake task typo in llm setting (34057 )
Add compontent to all themes button (34056 )
Show category localization selector for non-supported locales when localization exists (34025 )
Event notification translation for predefined attendance (34053 )
Initialize mobileMode earlier (34036 )
Filter route views- error, “views” is ambiguous (34033 )
Debounce resolution of image urls on rich editor (34035 )
Handle LOAD_PLUGINS=0 in assemble_ember_build.rb (34029 )
Allow here as a valid mention (34028 )
Add mention warnings for composer rich text (33857 )
Ensure imported category slug is deduplicate (34012 )
Remove unneeded overflow in horizontal-scroll-sync (34016 )
CSV bulk invites broken when S3 uploads enabled (33995 )
Mention with a status should open the user card (33979 )
Optimize shortcomings from topic truncation from a27e20c (33983 )
Element-classes implementation on older browsers (33981 )
Tabbing out of the markdown editor (33940 )
Extend cache key due to user locale (33975 )
Completion rate double-count and normalize (33963 )
Composer mode was not being remembered on new PM (33962 )
Check tag group names in form template validator (33850 )
Composer link modal ENTER event (33945 )
Remove old code reference on Discourse AI migration (33943 )
Ensure usage report is timezone aware to prevent gaps (33913 )
Also show native names when editing category localizations (33930 )
Move custom digest text to correct spot (33912 )
Correct variable name (33935 )
Process templates before previewing (33848 )
More reactive user preference color previews (34361 )
Fixes and improvements for color palettes (34359 )
Remove wizard-specific styling and add core classes (34323 )
Display toast message when deleting a theme (34355 )
Always keep mobile composer at fullscreen (34358 )
Remove barThickness so translation bars scale naturally (34362 )
Fix timeline handle color in dark mode palettes (34360 )
Don’t make seeded palettes user-selectable (34347 )
Update copy from Active ->` Default for themes + palettes (34346 )
Fix category dropdown size in title editor (34335 )
Don’t highlight admin content on hover if it isn’t clickable (34332 )
Improve the color picker styling (34328 )
Increase timeline handle contrast slightly (34327 )
Sidebar btn light dark support horizon (34319 )
Set emoji size to 1em (34325 )
Add admin report for associated accounts by login provider (34187 )
User status emoji alignment in sidebar and chat mention (34320 )
Use rotate icon for convert theme button (34317 )
Show bulk select on filter page when set to show in nav controls (34237 )
Fix Horizon disabled new topic button (34293 )
Post action button simplifications (34141 )
Move selected and hover colors up in the color palette UI (34278 )
Add background image setting for welcome banner (34222 )
Remove flex from admin email appearance form layout (34291 )
Improve admin search padding (34280 )
Switch to overflow:auto on post-controls (34263 )
Improve header alignment in mobile modals (34260 )
Correct missing padding (34255 )
Adjust appearance of search icon (34235 )
Different style for markdown/rich editor toggle (34161 )
Improve wording of non-user-selectable option for colour palettes (34251 )
Improve copy for restricted category tags (34240 )
Fix theme toggle component positioning in Horizon (34226 )
Visited styles on categories topic list (34225 )
Add unique class to user profile toggle button (34223 )
Remove margin on user badge (34216 )
Add hard break with double space+enter on rich editor (34157 )
Make rich-editor [quote] non-isolating (34177 )
Fix padding/spacing issues at smaller widths (34180 )
Fix more-topics in the posters column case (34178 )
Add [^n] rich editor footnote input rule (34163 )
Add [quote] rich editor input rule (34162 )
Add welcome banner page visibility setting (34119 )
Consistency and accessibility improvements for keyboard shortcuts (34090 )
Avoid prosemirror nodes w/ content and draggable:true (34153 )
Fix more-topics tabs interaction with --space (34047 )
Minor search spacing improvements (34152 )
Set header tag color to header_primary-high (34150 )
Fix old syntax (34138 )
Do not target topic-list-item data elements in bg color definition (34136 )
Category header restyle (34081 )
Render emojis consistently on 404 page (34115 )
Fix width on hidden-upload-field on the admin backup btn (34103 )
Horizon theme, fix d-toc class on smaller screens (34105 )
Expose shift buttons for lists on touch-devices (34102 )
Sidebar changes & css cleanup (34097 )
Subcategory image tweaks (34083 )
Use success colour for solved icon in topic list (34092 )
Horizon >` apply small styling fixes for discotoc plugin (33826 )
Resize dmenu width for filter on window resize (34091 )
Add category badges to category filter tip results (34078 )
Fix category badges on 404 page and oneboxes (34071 )
Remove btn-default class from light-dark toggle (34070 )
Make AI streaming more efficient under glimmer post stream (34068 )
Fix quote control position in non-glimmer post stream (34069 )
Add spacing to discourse tag box-style (34065 )
Make tables in blockquotes fixed to prevent overflow (34061 )
Direct to single tag page from tag intersection when one tag remains (34038 )
[rte] properly put cursor at end when putCursorAtEnd is called (34039 )Add trailing paragraph when pasting a [quote] at the end of a text block (34037 )
Enhances messages dropdown with unread count (33889 )
Improve wrapping and styling in email logs (34011 )
Better handling of admin email log overflow (33988 )
Unify filters for colors, themes, and components (33863 )
Apply consistent spacing and correct emoji size to track-link in posts (33982 )
Horizon >` messages page – change box-shadow to inset (33976 )
Horizon >` chat message popup zindex followup (33977 )
Fix github repo oneboxes in chat (drawer) (33955 )
Fix tabs in new notification panel (33871 )
Ability to customize border colors of oneboxes (33939 )
Hashtag alignment in text and autocomplete (33902 )
Update styling of inline footnotes (33933 )
Improve admin width restriction, fix theme setting width (33938 )
Show 0% instead of em dash in percent-type report columns (33931 )
Modernize footnote implementation and enable in preview (33928 )
Clarify color palette activation button (33909 )
Horizon >` chat-drawer z-index adjustments for popup content (33932 )
Content border variables 2 (33911 )
Fix-overflow (33914 )
On plugin index, unlink preinstall, simplify install banner (33910 )
Show navigate to post button on ignored quotes (33904 )
Welcome banner user name XSS
Escape names
Fix performance regression in SvgSprite.settings_icons (34377 )
Limit the number of upcoming dates generated (34134 )
Include small post content as headings for screenreaders (34392 )
Composer toolbar dropdown title (33993 )
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