I wonder why I still don’t have Trust Level 3.
Is there a way I (or the admin) can check my progress?
AI-generated summary
Aron_bett seeks to understand why they haven’t reached Trust Level 3 (TL3) and how to view their progress. Bas explains that TL requirements vary by community and suggests contacting the admin. Aron shares screenshots showing discrepancies in “topics viewed” counts — Bas clarifies that the summary page includes PMs and deleted topics, while TL3 calculations are stricter. Aron, manually promoted to TL3 by their boss (the admin), still can’t create tags. Bas and ondrej guide them to check the admin setting “create tag allowed groups” under /admin/site_settings/category/tags, noting it exists in Discourse 3.1. JammyDodger adds that category-level tag restrictions may also block tag creation. pfaffman advises the admin can manually set TL3 without meeting requirements. Aron also notes their badge still shows “member” — ondrej confirms badges lag behind actual TL status. Mark_Britton and nwnuyhs ask how to view TL3 progress — ondrej and Moin explain it’s visible only to staff via the user admin page under “Permissions” > “Trust Level 3 Requirements”, which appears only for users at TL2 or higher. The thread ends with users confirming they’ve found the needed info.
Hi Aron,
The screenshot you posted is not from Meta, right?
I’d reach out to the admins of the relevant community and ask them, since the requirements for TL3 can be different across Discourse instances. 
it’s how many topics you have read during your time as a registered user on the specific community.
so what’s the difference between the number of topics viewed in the two screenshots I shared? The first indicates 206, the second shows 160.
Ah yes, the count on the summary page is a simpler model than the TL one. So the numbers can differ a bit.
The summary also counts PMs, deleted topics etc.
Hi Aron,
I’m confused, are you the admin of this community?
Otherwise you really need to ask the admin what their required settings are for creating tags
Locking a trust level means that instead of the automatic process to grant a TL. This is how you can be TL3 without qualifying according to the rules of the community.
Unlocking it will revert back to the automated process (which will thus bump you back down to TL2).
Hi, sorry for the confusion. My boss is the admin and wanted to promote me to TL3 with the objective of creating tags, etc.
Right, got it!
Ask your boss what TL requirement they have set for the tagging permission
While I have been manually promoted to regular, my top badge under user still shows member, why is that?
He has already set the minimum reguirement to create tags to TL3, but I still don’t have permission to create tags.
Ah, it could be that you are caught in a small update that changed this specific setting!
So perhaps you could ask your boss to take a look at the settings and search for " create tag allowed groups"?
He couldn’t find the " create tag allowed groups". Is that only available for version 3.2? we are still on version 3.1.
What’s more confusing is that I got a message that I have been promoted to Trust Level 3, but my user profile is still showing “member”. So I don’t know which priviledges I now have.
It may also be worth the admin checking if there are any tag restrictions in that category, as that could prevent the creation of new tags on topics created in them.
Thank you. This was helpful.
Can someone help me find my way to where I see this please? I want to see trust level progression for given users.
What Aron posted above is currently only viewable by staff. It can be found by navigating to the user admin page. Scroll down to ‘Permissions’ and then ‘Trust Level 3 Requirements’.
There was some talk back in January of this year about this
Brilliant. Got it. Appreciating you!