Parent category should not have "read-only" badge if subcategory is read-only

awesomerobot · February 3, 2026, 5:42pm

Thanks for reporting it, I have a fix on the way!

github.com/discourse/discourse

UX: ensure read-only only appears once, on the relevant category (#37492)

main ← ux-read-only-one

merged 08:03PM - 03 Feb 26 UTC

awesomerobot

+37 -4

Reported here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/parent-category-should-not-have-read…-only-badge-if-subcategory-is-read-only/394943 We don't need to double-render this badge, especially because doing so is sometimes inaccurate (possible to have a read-only subcategory and a parent you can post in). This only passes read-only to the actual category, not all ancestors. I've also taken the opportunity to reduce the badge height slightly. Before: <img width="400" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/30e902ba-91e5-46f1-afec-fee48f32101e" /> After: <img width="400" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0d28e980-1b79-4d74-b198-a78d30605c9e" />

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