Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 101
- New topics: 10
- Top users:
- tobiaseigen: 7 posts, 23 likes
- lindsey: 3 posts, 10 likes
- dfabulich: 5 posts, 8 likes
- pmusaraj: 11 posts, 7 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 4 posts, 6 likes
- Moin: 4 posts, 6 likes
- simon: 1 post, 5 likes
- tvavrda: 2 posts, 3 likes
- AstonJ: 1 post, 3 likes
- Ethsim2: 1 post, 3 likes
Interesting Topics
Announcements
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Discourse unveiled a live AMA with CEOs sam and hawk to discuss the new unified identity system (#DiscourseID), the 12-month roadmap, and the value of thoughtful forums in 2025 in this thread.
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Hosted customers will migrate from the deprecated Search Banner theme component to the core welcome banner, with automated site-text transfers beginning 20 November 2025—details in this announcement.
Bug
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Admins encountered an error when scrolling through a user’s deleted posts. After repro steps, the issue was traced and resolved in PR #35952 following discussion in this bug report.
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The DiscourseHub beta on iPad unexpectedly presented a minimalistic virtual keyboard, blocking input; pmusaraj is reviewing repro info in this thread.
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Users reported images cropped in half on Chrome, PWA, Edge, and Incognito Mode; while non-reproducible on Meta, Eman_Ahmed’s details remain under review in this report.
Support
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Facebook login on Discourse ID failed with a CSRF error, prompting a potential deadline extension; troubleshooting continues between dfabulich and pmusaraj in this topic.
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Trust Level 2 members found they couldn’t start new PMs despite visible buttons; the root cause lay in a custom component, and a fix is detailed in this support thread.
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A watched-words auto-hide regression drove
score_to_hide_postto zero; the logic was dissected in this report and a solution confirmed in the follow-up.
Plugin
- A new VK ID OAuth 2.1 plugin enables authentication via id.vk.ru, replacing the outdated Vkontakte provider—configuration steps are in the plugin topic.
Feature
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Community feedback on a silent mention syntax (a mention without ping) sparked UI/UX proposals in this conversation.
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The monthly calendar’s event time was reported as truncated; team members noted minimal layout impact, and the thread remains open for feedback in this feature request.
Dev
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Clarifications on hook types in
app.ymlhelped plugin authors understand when various hooks run, with examples shared in this Q&A. -
Advice for adding rich-text editor support to Markdown extensions guided developers on toggling inline vs. block nodes, see the dev discussion.
Community
- A lively debate on AI responses vs. peer interactions weighed the tactical use of AI in “how-to” spaces versus human empathy, highlighted in this thread.
blog
- A deep dive into the community lifecycle proposed a Markdown-based archive and import/export workflow to ensure forum content endures—thoughts in the blog post.
Activity by the @team Group
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tobiaseigen kicked off the AMA announcement in #387794/1, explored silent mention UX in #38958/18, and marked the VK plugin as deprecated in #12987/102.
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lindsey led the Search Banner deprecation #379322/1, refined the calendar event time display #387860/4, and restored the topic-filter on private profile cards in #208689/8.
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pmusaraj triaged the deleted-posts error in #387961/2 & #387961/4, debugged Facebook login flows in #388065/2, and compared VK ID plugin approaches in #388073/2.
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saquetim shared the quick-fix PR for the deleted posts bug in #387961/13.
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nat refined locale-param behavior in #384806/7 and tuned AI translation backfill rates in #374669/25.
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Alteras restored the correct FontAwesome icons by updating the Pro plugin in #150871/54.
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featheredtoast explained the nuances of
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jessii reproduced the deleted-posts error on Meta in #387961/3.
Yesterday’s AMA had us buzzing like bees—here’s to more sweet updates tomorrow!