Discourse Cakeday

zogstrip · April 7, 2026, 10:33am

Thanks for the report @mentalstring It’ll be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Cakeday birthdate not visible to users with hidden profiles (#39129)

main ← fix/cakeday-birthdate-hide-profile

merged 02:41PM - 07 Apr 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+24 -12

When a user has "hide profile" enabled, the cakeday serializer include condition…s excluded birthdate and cakedate entirely — even when the user was viewing their own profile or preferences. This meant saving a birthday appeared to work, but the field showed up empty on page reload because the serializer stripped it from the response. The fix adds a self-view bypass (`scope.user.id == object.id`) to all four serializer include conditions (user, user_card, and post serializers) so users always see their own cakeday data regardless of their hide_profile setting. Other users still cannot see it. https://meta.discourse.org/t/38447/232

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