Exclude_tag does not work in category RSS feeds

zogstrip · April 7, 2026, 12:48pm

@f-a thanks for the report It’ll be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Respect query params like `exclude_tag` in RSS feed endpoints (#39130)

main ← fix/rss-feed-query-params

merged 08:14AM - 08 Apr 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+102 -11

Most RSS feed endpoints (category, top, hot, user topics, top period) were const…ructing `TopicQuery` without passing `build_topic_list_options`, so query params like `exclude_tag`, `tags`, `status`, etc. were silently ignored. Only `latest_feed` correctly passed them through. Extracts a `topic_query` helper that always merges `build_topic_list_options`, and updates all feed methods to use it. This makes it harder to forget query params when adding new feeds. https://meta.discourse.org/t/400034

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Exclude_tag does not work in category RSS feeds

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