# /admin/config/emoji non responsive/locks up
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** emoji, dev-install
**Created:** [January 31, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857 "2026-01-31T21:00:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@oxo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oxo)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857/1 "2026-01-31T21:00:37Z")
when using a fresh development environment following the steps here:
> [@Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772):
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> warning This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: [Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-in-production/142537) So you want to set up Discourse on macOS to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Mac. Let’s begin rocket ! Install Discourse Dependencies You will need the following packages on your system: [Git](http://git-scm.com/)[rbenv](https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv) or [asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/guide/getting-started.html)[ruby-build](https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build)[Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/) (latest s…
when you go to /admin/config/emoji clicking on “Settings” “Add emoji” does not load the pages, this requires a page refresh after clicking the links.
With the page refreshed Settings shows and Add Emoji shows.
When you add your first emoji it redirects to /admin/config/emoji and you cannot see the emoji just added, you have to refresh the page.
Once refreshed you can see your first emoji uploaded.
When you try to upload a second or any additional emojis even refreshing the /admin/config/emoji page no emojis are shown so you can no longer manage uploaded emojis even though they usable throughout the website.
This was found in tag v2026.2.0-latest and from commit [DEV: Fix upcoming change specs (#37399) · discourse/discourse@89f9423 · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/89f9423e4a9b01e02f2ddcb8b378b70cdcdbc7b2)
Tested with firefox, safari, incognito all cache and state clean.
Please let me know if there is something that is missing.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857/2 "2026-02-02T16:18:28Z")
Welcome and thanks for the report! I think I can see the error that would cause this, and have just merged a fix:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37450](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37450)
Once you’ve pulled this in, if you’re still having any issues can you check the browser console for errors?
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### Author:  [@oxo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oxo)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857/3 "2026-02-02T23:53:58Z")
it works! and no errors in the browser console anymore. thank you for the quick turn around.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-config-emoji-non-responsive-locks-up/394857/4 "2026-02-09T14:40:40Z")