Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
New posts: 69
New topics: 3
Top users (last 24h):
- sam: 12 posts, 7 likes
- piffy: 1 post, 5 likes
- david: 1 post, 5 likes
- Jagster: 1 post, 4 likes
- Moin: 3 posts, 3 likes
- vincentp: 3 posts, 2 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 3 posts, 2 likes
- HAWK: 1 post, 2 likes
- j.jaffeux: 4 posts, 2 likes
- gerhard: 1 post, 1 like
Interesting Topics
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#Developer Guides #discourse-compatibility: david clarified how Gem::Version compares stable and prerelease versions when pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs read more
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Community How do other admins deal with compromised accounts? piffy suggested setting up reoccurring alerts for suspicious email changes read more and Architect weighed in on adding urgent phone alerts for high-severity cases read more
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Support How can I lock a category so that nobody can post in it any longer? Jagster walked through updating the “everyone” permission to read-only in category settings read more
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Support #polls: Poll plugin refers to missing SiteSetting.poll_create_allowed_groups_map – sam moved this into Support after uncovering the magic method actually exists read more
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Support badges #notifications: How to mute badge notifications? Moin outlined both user-level and global site settings to suppress badge pop-ups and emails read more
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Bug #install:
./discourse-setupputs SMTP username at the start of the SMTP password – sam hypothesized issues with special characters and enlisted pfaffman for tests read more and pfaffman dug into password patterns read more -
Bug pr-welcome regex #watched-words: Watched word regular expression crash – sam proposed validating regex on save and RGJ suggested wrapping the Regexp call in an exception handler read more and discussion
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Bug Error Moving posts returns a 422 – sam requested log details and reproducibility steps while vincentp confirmed it appears isolated to a single topic read more and follow-up
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Bug email pr-welcome #activity-summary: Internal Server Error when previewing digest emails – ghassan found an edge case for Persian/Urdu numerals and pushed for storing dates in ASCII with view-layer localization, with xkhalid advocating correct left-to-right Arabic formatting read more
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#Translations translation #content-localization: Locale-specific defaults for site settings (
locale_default) – Moin asked about enablingunicode_usernamesby default and gerhard explained it’s off for security, suggesting locale-aware overrides read more -
Theme component: Announcement Bar – dementad saw the banner render below the header in production despite a correct preview, and NateDhaliwal probed theme/plugin outlet settings read more and update
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Support Hetzner S3 support – pfaffman and schneeland pointed out Hetzner’s lack of explicit uptime guarantees, recommending its use for data uploads only read more and insight
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Support Update or Replace Header Locale Selector for New Discourse Header – Evie_Tao sought guidance on migrating the
header-locale-selectorto Glimmer, and Lilly linked to an existing broken-component thread read more and discussion -
Support ai #content-localization: AI translation backfill not working after all settings configured – nat detailed setting
ai_translation_backfill_hourly_rateand Data Explorer queries to diagnose stuck translations read more -
#Sysadmins unsupported-install #advanced-setup: Deploy Discourse without Docker – fokx confirmed that SMTP must be configured in
config/discourse.confand pointed to log locations for troubleshooting read more
Activity by the @team Group
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sam chimed in on myriad issues, from poll plugin settings and the SMTP password bug to the watched words regex crash, post-moving 422 error, push notification subscribe bug, TagGroup CSV import case insensitivity, group-owner invite bug, the First Like badge revocation feature request, localized content HTML glitch, and locale detector return fixes.
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david resolved version comparison confusion in the pinning plugin/theme versions guide.
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j.jaffeux tackled several calendar issues: merged fixes for Calendar back runtime, corrected the Event border/color glitch, and deprecated the post-level events setting in Calendar not showing post-level events.
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HAWK confirmed the status of Discobot customization: “We are not actively developing Discobot.” read more
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gerhard clarified security reasons for disabling
unicode_usernamesby default in locale-specific site settings. -
hugh investigated moderation flows, logging the internal fix for flag resolution via “Take Action…”.
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nat supported localization efforts by addressing raw HTML in translated content, debugging LLM persona locale detection, and guiding on AI translation backfill.
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chapoi explained the max-width layout behavior in the Horizon Theme on wide screens.
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Lilly pointed out that the header locale selector component is currently broken and linked to the legacy thread read more.
With all those compromised-account alerts, SMTP quirks, and calendar collapses, it feels like herding digital puppies—fortunately, everyone’s paws are intact!