Tried to install via button or manually, keep getting 500 errors or it redirects me to 404 on our website. Is it just me?

It might be due to your Discourse version and the fact that when the versatile banner component was adopted, the compatibility file was not cleared. I suspect that the commit specified there for your version cannot be found in the current repository because it belongs to the versatile banner.

Salut, pour ma part je n’ai pas eu de souci pour installer le composant . Si tu installes le composant manuellement avec le dépôt https://github.com/thebestgoodguy/vibecommit-hero.git Cela ne fonctionne pas ?

[Screenshot 2025-10-24 at 14.47.16] Tried on 3.4 and 3.5.

I just tried installing it and it worked, without the error you see. Are you using the correct URL to the github repo? Should be https://github.com/thebestgoodguy/vibecommit-hero.git

The .git at the end of the URL is what fixed it! Thank you!

lol nevermind, this is what I ended up with: [Screenshot 2025-10-24 at 15.56.52]

Looks like you created a new theme. You’d need to select “from a git repository”. But I guess that will fail [afbeelding] Installing a theme or theme component [image]

I also just tried it again without the .git at the end, and it still works on my end. So yes looks like Moin may be on the right track with her advice. Have you updated your site to latest? Do you have another component already installed that is conflicting? The error handling is fairly attrocious…

[afbeelding] tobiaseigen: So yes looks like Moin may be on the right track with her advice. Have you updated your site to latest? Do you have another component already installed that is conflicting? Yes I tried on our staging where we have 3.5. Perhaps it’s the versatile banner we have that’s…

Let us know if that works. I will shift this to a new Support topic so we can tie it off.

There is an error in .discourse-compatibility < 3.6.0.beta1-dev: 9f248e18b35e4cf599e35a871e9348957077e7c6 That commit does not exist so it does not install on 3.5.1 stable. That’s what happens when you “fork” something but throw away all git history. (EDIT I see that’s basically what @moin said) …

500 error when installing the Advanced Hero Component

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WorldIsMine (DaveK) 24 oktober 2025 om 14:24 10

Yes I tried on our staging where we have 3.5. Perhaps it’s the versatile banner we have that’s causing conflict. Either way, thank you everyone for help.

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500 error when installing the Advanced Hero Component

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