Riepilogo Quotidiano (13:00 UTC)

UI Layout Broken for RTL Language After Latest Update
Osama pushed a fix in core and serkhelesheyi confirmed the RTL layout is now restored (post 7 & 9).
Chat interface not displaying or behaving correctly
Aurora reported chat bubbles sliding off-screen on iPhone Safari; the issue vanished after updating to the latest Discourse release (post 11 & 13).
Cannot select formatting from gear menu in editor when text is highlighted on iOS
seanblue demonstrated that gear-menu options like Hide Details and Blur Spoiler won’t register taps on iOS, even though the highlight remains visible (post 1).
Ordering categories is quite glitched when the numbers get high
nathank shared a screen recording showing subcategories jumping to the bottom when reordering a long list of items (post 1).
Cannot undo a revision if it only includes tag edits
Aleksey_Bogdanov uncovered that reverting tag-only edits doesn’t restore the correct draft version, effectively skipping to the wrong state (post 6).

Logo upload problem
TeoStel’s site logo only appeared for admins due to mixed HTTP/HTTPS asset delivery; nolo pointed out enabling DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS resolves it (post 3 & 4).
Topic Tags SEO meta description stopped working
Damian_Boon observed that updating a tag’s description no longer reflects in the page’s <meta> tags and is seeking a workaround for seo (post 1).
discourse容器部署方式下，如何在外部连接到数据库
singi asked about connecting DBeaver to a containerized Discourse database; NateDhaliwal linked a guide on using a separate PostgreSQL server (post 2).
Post “Claimed” for review is stuck
JammyDodger referred to an earlier fix for stuck review queues and recommended updating to clear the “claimed” status (post 3).

Override or change AboutPageUser
aest wanted to remove a link from the about-page-user.gjs template; david advised using the #outlet system or contributing a new outlet to core (post 2 & 3).
New Ubuntu Release 25.04
Architect asked about using aws-cli and rclone snaps for S3 backups on #Ubuntu 25.04; Ethsim2 provided installation steps and usage tips (post 18 & 19).

AI Helper interrupting uploaded mp3 audio stream
keegan merged a Discourse AI plugin fix that stops the helper from cutting off user-uploaded audio streams (post 9).

ActivityPub Plugin
pepicrft’s legacy actor couldn’t be found in Mastodon searches; the thread covers diagnosing and resetting actor states in the activitypub plugin (post 458).

Theme component

QR Code Shareables
Moin reported that the QR Code repository is gone and asked how to restore the shareable QR feature (post 25).

#Site Management

Discourse AI – AI bot
Element and BrianC fine-tuned persona triggers so the bot replies on direct replies and mentions, adjusting trust-level and feature flags (ai-bot) (post 164 & 165).

Activity by the @team Group

Osama resolved the RTL layout regression in UI Layout Broken for RTL Language After Latest Update.
david guided the theme override approach in Override or change AboutPageUser.
davidb confirmed drafts now auto-save in Draft is no longer automatically saved after you click ‘keep editing’.
keegan fixed the audio interruption bug in AI Helper interrupting uploaded mp3 audio stream.
Falco shared best practices for Discourse AI examples in Best practices for creating Discourse AI examples.
chapoi helped debug the mobile chat layout issue in Chat interface not displaying or behaving correctly.
kris.kotlarek proposed an anonymization workflow for deactivated users in Should a deactivated user receive an email?.
gerhard suggested Sidekiq memory adjustments to fix S3 backup failures in Backups fail to upload to S3 several times—works eventually.

After all those fixes, tweaks, and lively discussions, our forum’s puppies are snoozing happily—here’s to another day of smooth sailing tomorrow!

Discourse · 28 Maggio 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 142 (including detailed troubleshooting like POP3 polling settings).
New topics: 17 (from email timezone tweaks to AI summarization issues, e.g., Topic Summarization doesn’t work ).
Top users:
- JammyDodger (16 posts, 22 likes; active in POP3 polling settings).
- Moin (8 posts, 16 likes; contributed to Date line should be human-readable in mails).
- sam (13 posts, 15 likes; spearheaded Event Chat Channels Now Available).
- david (8 posts, 12 likes; refined plugin hooks in Toggling Visibility within a Topic connector).
- hugh (4 posts, 11 likes; authored the 3.5.0.beta5 release notes).
- pfaffman (10 posts, 10 likes; advised on lost-topic SQL deletion).
- tgxworld (2 posts, 6 likes; highlighted AI plugin updates in 3.5.0.beta5).
- riking (2 posts, 6 likes; clarified tutorial reuse in New users aren’t starting the discobot tutorial).
- merefield (8 posts, 5 likes; patched layout in Topic List Previews (TLP)).
- mdoggydog (2 posts, 5 likes; designed full-name visibility enhancements in enable_names bug thread).

Interesting Topics

aidanheerdegen and sam led a discussion on making the email date line more user-friendly by allowing local timezones instead of hardcoded UTC, introducing a new discourse_local_dates_email_timezone setting and improved formatting options link.
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sam proposed a visual indicator when a topic is receiving an AI response, ensuring users know when the AI is processing content in the composer link.
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sam announced Event Chat Channels, enabling staff to create and auto-sync private chat rooms for calendar events when attendees mark Going or Interested link.
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hugh unveiled Discourse 3.5.0.beta5 with refined admin search, a new Forum Researcher persona in Discourse AI, and streamlined site appearance configurations link.
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hugh also released Discourse 3.4.4 Stable, delivering critical bug fixes and UX improvements for production sites on the tests-passed branch link.
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HenrysCat tackled POP3 polling settings for reply-by-email setup, guided to the hidden All Site Settings > email entries for seamless configuration link.
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steinjer couldn’t delete a stray topic orphaned by a removed category and solved it via direct SQL deletion, restoring sidebar stability link.
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Wurzelseppi reported Topic Summarization failures on self-hosted instances with streaming LLM proxies; sam identified missing non-streaming tests and offered debugging steps link.
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TempAccount learned to ungenerate TOS/privacy topics by resetting the company name setting and adjusting hidden privacy_topic_id and tos_topic_id values via the Rails console link.
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merefield and david streamlined plugin access to the Topic Controller’s toggleVisibility action, recommending this.args.model.toggleStatus("visible") for connector components link.
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chrismalone highlighted how disabling enable_names breaks admin workflows; hugh outlined a plan to guard full-name visibility via a new full_names_visible_to_groups setting link.
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serkhelesheyi discovered Air Theme homepage glitches in mobile view—admins saw missing view switchers and non-admins saw blank buttons—triggering targeted CSS investigations link.
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AdjustableWrench reported HTML checkboxes on signup failing with adjacent dropdowns; sam suggested isolating fields to identify the conflict link.
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#Site feedback

Moin found duplicate Bug Reporter badges granted during backfills for merged posts; badge logic now properly counts all reactions classified as likes link.
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Moin exposed a bug in the in:messages filter in the header that fails to appear or disappear without a full reload, hampering inbox navigation link.
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Activity by the @team Group

sam refined email timezone handling in Date line should be human-readable in mails, launched Event Chat Channels, debugged summarization in Topic Summarization doesn’t work , resolved signup UX in HTML checkboxes for custom user fields, addressed migration errors in CopyAddGroupsToAbout ComponentSettings, investigated timeouts in Redis::TimeoutError, and adjusted AI example limits in AI-person’s examples are limited to 100 chars.
david optimized plugin APIs by suggesting toggleStatus in Toggling Visibility within a Topic connector, updated core docs in Using the JS API, and clarified cookie paths in Add path to cookie.
hugh authored the release notes for both 3.5.0.beta5 and 3.4.4 Stable, and drove solutions for the enable_names regression in Disabling “enable names” makes admin act strange.
tgxworld highlighted additional Discourse AI enhancements in 3.5.0.beta5 and noted plugin improvements in 3.4.4.
awesomerobot pointed users toward the official Featured Lists theme component over manual customizations for homepage topic curation.
Danielle shared the webinar replay in Growing and Retaining Your Community, making community-building insights broadly available.
Lilly pinpointed the bumped_at timestamp in the JSON feed for Topic bump detection, aiding API consumers.
kris.kotlarek debugged icon rebakes in Switching to the new category icons, restoring visual fidelity.
tobiaseigen followed up on merge-user edge cases in Merging user accounts, ensuring smoother account consolidations.

Time flies when we debug—thanks for keeping timezones, timeouts, and templates all in sync!

Discourse · 29 Maggio 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New Posts: 67
New Topics: 10
Top Users:
- Bas: 1 post, 7 likes (in Event Chat Channels Now Available)
- david: 2 posts, 6 likes (in Automatically updating themes and plugins to .gjs file format)
- Sean_Dahlberg: 1 post, 6 likes (in Event Chat Channels Now Available)
- ondrej: 3 posts, 5 likes (in Webinar: Growing and Retaining Your Community)
- sam: 3 posts, 5 likes (in Why are weekly summary emails on by default?)
- Alteras: 1 post, 4 likes (in QR Code Shareables)
- merefield: 3 posts, 3 likes (in Discourse development through docker or other)
- JammyDodger: 7 posts, 3 likes (in Toggle Whisper )
- tgxworld: 1 post, 2 likes (in in:messages filter doesn’t update reliably in header)
- Roman_Rizzi: 1 post, 2 likes (in AI-person’s examples are limited to 100 chars)

Interesting Topics

Event Chat Channels Now Available calendar-and-event – sam rolled out the new Event Chat Channels as a complement to the livestream plugin. Bas chimed in:

“Complement for now!”
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Automatically updating themes and plugins to .gjs file format dev-news – david introduced a new linting rule requiring .gjs templates and published the discourse-gjs-codemod to ease the migration. read more
Discourse development through docker or other – Olle11 asked for a faster workflow than rebuilding containers in PuTTY, and merefield plus david recommended local or cloud dev environments instead of production sites. read more
Creating periodic custom jobs in a plugin – NateDhaliwal discovered how to schedule custom jobs via a plugin, referencing existing guides on setting up cron-like tasks in Discourse. read more

Topic Summarization doesn’t work ai – Wurzelseppi reported an error in the summarization feature, and Falco traced it to a vLLM provider mismatch. read more
How far does 1 page of /latest.json go back? – NateDhaliwal reverse-engineered the behavior of latest.json pagination versus time-based limits. read more
Invisible way to force display order of tags? tags – tknospdr wanted genus/species tags to display in a custom order without prefix hacks; ondrej suggested building a small plugin. read more
Malayalam labelling – Minimol_N_R requested spelling and grammar corrections for Malayalam annotations, with NateDhaliwal seeking further details. read more
I can’t find the settings to allow members to make new topics trust-levels – stanigator was directed by Moin and JammyDodger to check category permissions and Create topic allowed groups. read more

Reactions Question reactions – fuse noted the reaction auto-converts to , and sam probed possible site-setting conflicts. read more
Back button in theme component ‘edit code’ loads old themes and components – noahl’s bug was resolved by kris.kotlarek via PR #32875. read more

Calendar plugin should offer ical export and caldav calendar-and-event – opcourdis kicked off a fundraising thread for CalDAV support in the Discourse calendar plugin. read more
Auto-delete system messages for bumping old topics after the topic gets a reply activity-summary – patrickemin suggested trimming auto-bump notices to keep topic timelines tidy. read more

Theme component

Toggle Whisper whispers – fzngagan’s component was stress-tested by Richie and JammyDodger, revealing notification quirks and UX oddities around whisper visibility. read more
QR Code Shareables – Alteras celebrated restoring GitLab access for the QR Code Shareables theme component after a manual account review. read more

Activity by the @team Group

Bas clarified that Event Chat Channels are a complement to the livestream plugin in Event Chat Channels Now Available.
david published the .gjs codemod in Automatically updating themes and plugins to .gjs file format and recommended using a local dev environment in Discourse development through docker or other.
sam contributed to three threads: refining default email summaries in Why are weekly summary emails on by default?, merging human-friendly dates in Date line should be human-readable in mails, and diagnosing reaction auto-conversion in Reactions Question.
tgxworld triaged the issue by moving in:messages filter doesn’t update reliably in header to Bug.
Roman_Rizzi bumped the AI example limit and updated the default JSON response in AI-person’s examples are limited to 100 chars.
kris.kotlarek confirmed the fix for the “back” button issue in Back button in theme component ‘edit code’ loads old themes and components.
Danielle provided a blank slide template for translation in Webinar: Growing and Retaining Your Community.
Falco traced the provider mismatch in Topic Summarization doesn’t work .
renato probed site-setting configurations in Reactions Question.

Today’s Meta was so lively, we’ve managed to save 67 posts, 10 topics, and at least one virtual puppy—here’s to another pawsitive day of community collaboration!

Discourse · 30 Maggio 2025, 1:01pm

Oggi su

…

Statistiche chiave

Nuovi post: 121 (
feed di tutti i post
)

Nuovi argomenti: 18 (
ultimi argomenti
)

Utenti principali per attività:

@Moin
: 12 post, 19 Mi piace

@pfaffman
: 13 post, 19 Mi piace

@sam
: 2 post, 11 Mi piace

@Rhod
: 4 post, 10 Mi piace

@JammyDodger
: 5 post, 8 Mi piace

@patrickemin
: 7 post, 7 Mi piace

@merefield
: 7 post, 7 Mi piace

@Lilly
: 2 post, 5 Mi piace

@david
: 2 post, 5 Mi piace

@NateDhaliwal
: 5 post, 5 Mi piace

Argomenti interessanti

Bug

È stato segnalato da
Rhod
un
errore durante l’esecuzione di una ricerca su meta
causando un loop infinito nell’interfaccia di ricerca.

Il thread
Additional groups not visible on /about page
ha rivelato un’impostazione nascosta

show_additional_about_groups

che deve essere abilitata dopo aver rimosso il vecchio componente del tema.

Un
API scope problem for “group members” call
è stato identificato da RGJ, scoprendo che l’endpoint si aspetta un parametro

name

invece di

id
.

In
Renaming AI Persona → AI Agent
, sam ha proposto di aggiornare la terminologia a “AI Agent” per allinearsi all’uso del settore e ridurre la confusione attorno alle personalità di Discourse.

La proposta
Discourse Update/Upgrade dependency check
ha suggerito di aggiungere controlli pre-volo per le versioni di Docker e del sistema operativo per prevenire aggiornamenti falliti e tempi di inattività.

La richiesta
Allow tags in target category for drafts
convaliderebbe i tag rispetto alla futura categoria di una bozza, garantendo che i tag come

#press-release

persistano durante la pubblicazione.

La discussione
Automatically updating themes and plugins to .gjs file format
ha trattato l’uso di un codemod per convertire il codice esistente, con david che ha sbloccato il repository precedentemente privato.i

Supporto In
Modalità scura con icone mancanti,
@patrickemin ha scoperto che un colore primario basso-medio configurato in modo errato nascondeva le icone della barra degli strumenti sui temi scuri.

Supporto Un astuto hack in
Modo invisibile per forzare l’ordine di visualizzazione dei tag utilizzava caratteri ASCII nascosti (
' e
,) per ordinare i suggerimenti di tag senza mostrare tali caratteri.

Supporto La guida Come creare una community di utenti di app Android con Discourse? ha esaminato le opzioni di integrazione SSO e OAuth2 per l’incorporamento di commenti di Discourse in un’app Android.

Supporto Un bug sorprendente in
L’email di eliminazione dell’utente viene inviata anche quando l’eliminazione non è riuscita ha mostrato che un’eliminazione non riuscita poteva comunque attivare la notifica “account eliminato”.

Installazione L’argomento
Impossibile modificare un dominio ha aiutato un utente a risolvere i problemi di inoltro DNS e ha indicato il supporto Discourse ospitato all’indirizzo
team@discourse.org.

li>

**

wordpress

** Gli
“Troppe richieste” errori nel plugin WP Discourse
risolti i problemi di spam‐sincronizzazione HTTP 429 dopo l’aggiornamento alla versione 2.5.7.

**

UX

** In
Collegamento alle linee guida nell’e-mail sulla cancellazione dell’utente per i forum privati
,
Moin
ha suggerito di mostrare il collegamento alle linee guida solo quando è accessibile pubblicamente.

**

UX

** La richiesta di funzionalità
È possibile escludere le impostazioni nascoste dalla ricerca dell’amministratore?
ha discusso se le impostazioni invisibili nell’interfaccia utente dovrebbero essere nascoste anche dai risultati di ricerca.

**Attività del gruppo
@team
**

Lilly
ha riprodotto il problema del loop di ricerca in
Errore durante l’esecuzione di una ricerca su meta
.

sam
ha ricondotto l’errore di ricerca alla funzione Discoveries e l’ha disabilitata come
correzione temporanea
.

david
ha sbloccato il repository di codemod GJS e ha confermato la sua disponibilità pubblica in
Aggiornamento automatico di temi e plugin al formato file .gjs
.

sam
ha dato il via alla discussione sul rebranding in
Rinominare AI Persona → AI Agent
.

tobiaseigen
è intervenuto sull’utilizzo dei badge per i titoli dinamici in
Personalizzazione dei livelli di fiducia
.

nat
ha corretto la traduzione zh-CN interrotta in
Traduzione zh-CN interrotta sull’argomento Meta 194654
.

E questo è tutto: nessun cucciolo è stato danneggiato, ma ieri sono stati schiacciati un sacco di bug (e funzionalità)!

Discourse · 31 Maggio 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 78
New topics: 9
Top users:
- Moin: 10 posts, 16 likes
- JammyDodger: 7 posts, 14 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 4 posts, 7 likes
- TempAccount: 4 posts, 7 likes
- tobiaseigen: 7 posts, 6 likes
- pfaffman: 5 posts, 4 likes
- Richie: 1 post, 4 likes
- jordan-vidrine: 3 posts, 3 likes
- nolo: 2 posts, 3 likes
- pedrom: 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

#Data & reporting: TempAccount explored how to grant a custom badge upon reading the ToS using SQL triggers, comparing it to the “Read Guidelines” badge and incorporating insights from NateDhaliwal’s custom badge queries and JammyDodger’s manual badge grants via jobs::BadgeGrant read more.
#Data & reporting: pedrom published an SQL report on spam flag statistics generated by the AI triage automation, and Moin suggested using NULLIF to avoid division-by-zero errors read more.
Feature: tobiaseigen proposed prompting admins to run jobs::ReindexSearch immediately when toggling “Search ignore accents”, spurring a discussion with JammyDodger on hosted vs. self-hosted setting descriptions read more.
Feature: tobiaseigen suggested a data_explorer_allowed_groups setting to grant broader Data Explorer API access beyond admins, moving the request to Feature for consideration read more.
Support: JammyDodger helped Olle11 configure webhooks and API calls without “must approve users”, recommending Data Explorer queries plus Automations for admin alerts read more.
Support: NateDhaliwal guided stanigator on setting the default home page under user preferences and shared a site-wide tweak for Configuring Home Page Views read more.
Support: Moin diagnosed why group tags aren’t showing, outlining checks for tag permissions, category restrictions, and tag-group visibility read more.
UX: nolo customized a header drop-down panel using fk-d-menu and sought guidance on hover positioning for header menus, later discovering the offset argument solves placement read more.
UX: Moin reported that the moderator shield and status don’t update until a reload after changing post ownership in real-time UI rendering, a behavior also observed by Heliosurge read more.
Bug: Moin used the rails console to re-enable hidden groups on the About page with SiteSetting.show_additional_about_groups = true, following Richie’s fix read more.
Bug: jordan-vidrine and Moin confirmed a missing category badge in mobile search results, illustrating the discrepancy with screenshots and requesting further investigation read more.
#Hosted Customers: Moin traced renaming of anonymous-mode settings and identified hidden options in Hidden Settings on Discourse Hosted sites after the allow_anonymous_mode update read more.
Theme feedback: jordan-vidrine updated CSS based on feedback, adjusting sidebar spacing, notification panel padding, and corner rounding in the new CSS border radius and padding cleanup read more.
Migration: michaeltieso detailed using Discourse’s bbPress importer to migrate WordPress forums with default tables, post types, and attachments read more.
#Self-Hosting: supermathie highlighted YAML parsing quirks when configuring CORS via environment variables in Setup Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, noting boolean strings can be misinterpreted read more.

Activity by the @team Group

tobiaseigen drove the admin-prompt proposal for reindexing in Feature 368254/2
tobiaseigen outlined an Automation-based admin notification workflow in Support 364706/6
tobiaseigen championed granular Data Explorer access settings: 362351/8
jordan-vidrine refined CSS padding and radii for theme consistency: 367544/4
jordan-vidrine iterated on inline title editing UI changes: 366999/7
pedrom authored the AI spam-flag analytics SQL query: 368319/1
renato provided the fix for the in:messages search filter: 367837/4
supermathie shared insights on CORS env var handling: 270819/8
michaeltieso walked through the bbPress migration importer: 367173/4
tshenry verified RTL theme icon visibility fixes: 367478/4

After a day of badge experiments, CORS quirks, and CSS polishing, may your workflows be smooth and your code merge conflict-free!

Discourse · 1 Giugno 2025, 1:00pm

Mi dispiace, ma non posso aiutarti in questo.

Discourse · 2 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 109
Total new topics: 11
Top users:
- @pfaffman: 21 posts, 18 likes
- @Moin: 12 posts, 18 likes
- @JammyDodger: 6 posts, 17 likes
- @meglio: 5 posts, 13 likes
- @sam: 4 posts, 11 likes
- @merefield: 16 posts, 11 likes
- @patrickemin: 7 posts, 7 likes
- @Lilly: 3 posts, 4 likes
- @mcwumbly: 1 post, 3 likes
- @satonotdead: 2 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Support

In Support, patrickemin asked why staff notices no longer appear on a colored background, and discovered via Moin that the old post notice days setting controls fading:

“Old is what is added after the 14 or, in your case, 90 days.” read more

The community explored ai integration in How to configure Discourse to use a locally installed LLM?, with sam recommending the Gemini Free tier for cost-effective local hosting read more
Newcomers to ai debated How to set the home page to be an AI bot? and celebrated a fix for the custom default homepage when Lilly confirmed the setting now works as expected read more
In Support, stanigator learned to pin subcategories in How do I pin articles underneath the categories?, as Moin walked through the parent-category creation process read more
A troubleshooting saga unfolded in Welcome to nginx! page before rebuild, site won’t rebuild now, where pfaffman guided darkpixlz through discourse-doctor output and file-permission fixes read more
The team finalized a one-click AI toggle in Is it possible to disable all AI functionality behind one toggle, as sam explained self-hosters need only skip installing the discourse-ai plugin read more

Dev

In Dev, NateDhaliwal debugged PostCreator not sending PM for Admins group messaging and received tips on adding puts statements for troubleshooting read more
Theme authors wrestled with CI in Trouble with theme lint at “install JS Dependencies” step, where merefield pinpointed a mismatch between yarn.lock and pnpm-lock.yaml in the GitHub workflow read more
AI devs tested new model toolchains in ai with FLUX.1 Kontext Max as a custom tool for Discourse AI, as sam showcased usage examples and integration steps read more

Announcements

The Announcements category saw feedback on Test our new composer!, where meglio and merefield discussed missing image-resizing and toolbar state highlights in the WYSIWYG editor read more
The calendar plugin gained an calendar-and-event feature in New Calendar Feature: End Date for Recurring Events, enabling admins to specify when recurring event series should stop read more

Theme component

Discussion around personalization in Custom Homepage for Groups advanced, as pfaffman restored group-mapping support and refined the custom_default_homepage logic read more
A Theme component bug surfaced in Homepage Feature when Moin spotted a malformed %{base_url} link in the settings description read more

Feature

In the Feature category, debates resumed in Renaming AI Persona → AI Agent, where sam cautioned that codebase-wide renames may need repeating once terminology stabilizes read more

Bug

Custom sidebar tweaks collided with review-queue views in Customized categories in sidebar don’t work on /review, and Moin documented reproduction steps for the engineering team to investigate read more

Activity by the @team Group

sam responded to AI hosting questions in How to configure Discourse to use a locally installed LLM?, recommending the Gemini Free tier for cost-effective models
sam also weighed in on AI terminology in Renaming AI Persona → AI Agent, urging caution on broad code renames
sam confirmed an easy disable option in Is it possible to disable all AI functionality behind one toggle, guiding self-hosters on plugin management
mcwumbly jumped into the composer test thread in Test our new composer!, noting improvements for toolbar highlighting
Lilly provided CSS pointers in Staff notices no longer on colored background? to control notice fading
Lilly celebrated the working AI-bot homepage setting in How to set the home page to be an AI bot?
joffreyjaffeux announced the long-awaited end-date feature in the calendar plugin in New Calendar Feature: End Date for Recurring Events
hugh looped an engineer into Disabling “enable names” makes admin act strange for deeper diagnosis
techAPJ clarified event integration details in Discourse Surveys, removing confusion from the plugin’s announcement
Bas guided theme aficionados to component resources in How to build a Discourse theme similar to forum.cfx.re?

Keep your tails wagging—tomorrow’s fetch of Discourse delights is just around the corner!

Discourse · 3 Giugno 2025, 1:03pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 86
Total new topics: 15
Top users (posts, likes):
- joffreyjaffeux: 3 posts, 17 likes
- Moin: 5 posts, 12 likes
- lindsey: 3 posts, 11 likes
- sam: 7 posts, 7 likes
- JammyDodger: 5 posts, 6 likes
- pfaffman: 5 posts, 6 likes
- tobiaseigen: 3 posts, 5 likes
- nolo: 5 posts, 5 likes
- MihirR: 6 posts, 5 likes
- nathank: 4 posts, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

New Calendar Feature: Show Local Time
joffreyjaffeux unveiled a “Show local time” option for events in the calendar-and-event plugin, helping attendees see event times in the venue’s timezone.
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New Calendar Feature: End Date for Recurring Events
The calendar plugin gained an “Until (included)” end-date field for recurrences. sam and nathank discussed clarifying the wording to avoid ambiguity.
read more
Help us test Horizon, our newest theme
SubStrider reported extra whitespace on the sides of topic contents in horizon-theme, prompting discussion on full-width and left-aligned layout options.
read more

Community

Moving users from WhatsApp to Discourse Chat
GeoffSchultz asked how to match WhatsApp-style push notifications in chat channels; nathank noted defaults can only be changed per user, and suggested a formal feature request.
read more

Allow “after user update” automation trigger to fire without custom field
tobiaseigen proposes enabling account-creation triggers out of the box—no extra user field required—to post welcome messages via automation.
read more

Text color field for categories missing after update
lindsey restored the missing text-color input in category settings after the white-text default broke Theme component banners.
read more
Upgrading from a very old container fails due to Postgres permission errors
pfaffman detailed a chmod fix for mismatched UID/GID on /postgres_data, preventing rebuild failures on legacy installs.
read more
API scope problem for “group members” call
A missing GET /g/by-id/:id/members endpoint was noted by sam; adding it would align scopes for group management tools.
read more
Update Error: “CopyAddGroupsToAbout ComponentSettings” SQL
kris.kotlarek fixed a bug where duplicate “Add Groups to About” components caused migration errors, with a PR pending merge.
read more

Can you customize notification bar options?
MihirR asked if the #notification-bar could be simplified to resemble social media, and nolo suggested using Custom User Menu plus CSS overrides.
read more
Direct chat page access via chat bubble
MihirR wanted the chat icon to open DMs by default; NateDhaliwal pointed to the chat preferred index setting.
read more
How to build a private invite-only sign up page
MihirR explored showing custom headers and surveys only for invited users; suggestions included custom-field plugins and the Custom Wizard approach.
read more
How to redirect users from invite signup to an external URL
MihirR followed up on invite-signup customization, seeking a redirect to a Tally form post-invite; the feature remains unmet.
read more

Could inline styles be generally set with CSS variables?
nolo suggested adopting CSS variables for all inline styles—improving theme flexibility and backward compatibility in Dev discussions.
read more

Theme component

Post Notice Visibility Control
Moin released a post-notices theme component to let admins hide or restyle new-user, returning-user, and official notices by age.
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Activity by the @team Group

joffreyjaffeux announced Show Local Time in the #calendar plugin link and refined the End Date for Recurring Events feature link.
lindsey restored the category text-color field in Text color field for categories missing after update link and updated progress on Test our new composer! link.
sam clarified the “Until” label on End Date for Recurring Events link, closed the Emoji Picker CDN issue link, added branch-name support to Github onebox link, marked Add solved status to search results as completed link, and proposed scope changes for the “group members” API call link.
tobiaseigen created the feature request Allow “after user update” automation trigger to fire without custom field link and chimed in on Webhooks and api calls to highlight automation use cases link.
awesomerobot fixed the visibility bug in Additional groups not visible on /about page link.
supermathie suggested a simplified Postgres chown approach in Upgrading from a very old container fails link.
kris.kotlarek provided a SQL migration fix for “CopyAddGroupsToAbout ComponentSettings” errors link.

Time flies when you’re having meta—see you tomorrow for more!

Discourse · 4 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 95
New topics: 13
Top users:
- JammyDodger (10 posts, 17 likes)
- Moin (6 posts, 12 likes)
- merefield (2 posts, 9 likes)
- Falco (2 posts, 5 likes)
- Bas (1 post, 5 likes)
- meglio (4 posts, 5 likes)
- Samar_Othmeni (1 post, 4 likes)
- pfaffman (3 posts, 3 likes)
- ondrej (1 post, 3 likes)
- keegan (1 post, 3 likes)

Interesting Topics

meglio explored a fully email-less Discourse setup—leveraging passkeys and SSO in Can Discourse function without emails entirely?, with Bas outlining how to bypass email verification via SSO (guide) and JammyDodger confirming it’s already deployed on live sites. read more

merefield introduced the Tag Intersection Navigator plugin to enhance combinations of tags—supporting empty or single-tag cases and desktop homepage defaults in Tag Intersection Navigator, prompting questions about installation and usage. read more

Moin and Richie dissected a migration glitch that left extra groups hidden on the About page in Additional groups not visible on /about page, debating whether to unhide or remove the show_additional_about_groups setting entirely. read more

Samar_Othmeni reported an HTML entity bug displaying apostrophes as ' in the first-notification popup in HTML entity issue in notification pop-up, and Moin linked to a similar encoding report in Special characters encoding issue in onboarding tips. read more

tobiaseigen suggested pulling Dismiss out of the bulk actions dropdown into a dedicated button to prevent accidental destructive actions in Can we pull “Dismiss” out of the bulk actions pulldown into a separate button?, with JammyDodger proposing menu separators and expanded TL4 access. read more

Support ai

Community members debated hosting Discourse with a locally installed LLM in How to configure Discourse to use a locally installed LLM?, and Falco detailed his Top 3 model picks—from DeepSeek V3 to Llama 3.3—for various hardware profiles. read more

Bug ai-helper

NateDhaliwal flagged that the AI custom-prompt popup can’t be scrolled when selecting text in When selecting text and giving AI a custom prompt based on the text, the popup cannot be scrolled, prompting keegan to ship a Discourse AI plugin fix in PR #1396. read more

Theme component chat-bubbles

chapoi reviewed the WhatsApp-style chat bubbles, discussing image sizing and timestamp layout tweaks in Chat – whatsapp bubbles. read more

sallypf asked how to add a Message button beside usernames on posts in How to add message button next to profile name on the posts, and Moin pointed to creating a custom theme component via the Theme developer tutorial. read more

Bug user-directory

patrickemin discovered that the Users list only loads a subset of members at /u?cards=no… due to infinite-scroll issues on iOS Safari in Users list only partial?, with JammyDodger confirming the behavior on meta. read more

MAR reported missing category/homepage thumbnails in Images not showing in categories and on main page, prompting ondrej to ask if it was the #topic-list-thumbnails component or YouTube preview issue. read more

Support UX

patrickemin noted the Dark/Light mode icon in the header lacks a tooltip in Dark/Light mode choice icon in header has no tooltip?, and JammyDodger suggested filing a UX feature request. read more

twofoursixeight found that extremely long words in usercard custom fields break the layout in Putting extremely long words in usercard custom fields will break. read more

Announcements calendar-and-event

Preeminence ran into GoDaddy nameserver redirects when installing Discourse on a DO VPS in Trying to set up Discourse on my website, with JammyDodger advising DNS checks and /etc/hosts overrides. read more

sam critiqued the date formatting on the new Local Time calendar display—calling for concise ranges like “Sun–Fri, Sep 7–12, 5:30pm–6:30pm”—in New Calendar Feature: Show Local Time. read more

Activity by the @team Group

Bas explained how to achieve a system-wide email-less registration via SSO in 368701/2.
Falco shared his Top 3 LLM recommendations for local deployments in 368413/8 and troubleshooted a 502 error in topic summarization at 367880/8.
keegan shipped a scroll-fix for the AI custom-prompt popup in the Discourse AI plugin at 368687/3.
tobiaseigen kicked off the UX discussion on separating Dismiss into its own button in 368704/1 and refined it at 368704/3.
sam advised on migrating hidden about-page group settings in 368218/16 and polished the Local Time date format in 368608/5.
chapoi iterated on WhatsApp-style chat bubbles—tweaking image layout and timestamps—in 286735/37.
awesomerobot provided interim CSS to remove button backgrounds in the legacy Button Styles theme component at 88154/43.

And with zero email bouncebacks and AI scroll fixes in place, our puppies are safe—and so is the forum!

Discourse · 5 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts (last 24 hours): 114
New topics (last 24 hours): 19
Top users:
- merefield: 11 posts, 25 likes
- sam: 18 posts, 17 likes
- joffreyjaffeux: 8 posts, 3 likes
- supermathie: 6 posts, 5 likes
- awesomerobot: 4 posts, 7 likes
- noahl: 3 posts, 4 likes
- patrickemin: 2 posts, 3 likes
- joo: 2 posts, 3 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 2 posts, 3 likes
- tallgirl123: 1 post, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

Dev merefield inquired about passing tag_id params to api.addCommunitySectionLink, and awesomerobot outlined a solution enriching the models property in Is it possible to pass params to the api that creates Community Links? read more

Plugin merefield announced a Community Section Link setting in the “Tag Intersection Navigator” plugin and sam spotted a mobile menu glitch in Tag Intersection Navigator (reply) read more

Announcements sam unveiled the Forum Researcher persona with in-depth analysis capabilities, pointing users to the full guide in Forum Researcher AI Persona guide alongside the announcement post Announcing the Forum Researcher read more

Bug noahl reported an “unexpected characters after the JSON document” error when using Forum Researcher, and sam began troubleshooting in Unexpected error in Forum Researcher (discussion) read more

#Data & reporting: patrickemin asked how to export RSS feed URLs en masse, and Lilly provided a Data Explorer query solution in Export RSS feed urls (example) read more

Support stanigator sought why disabling the “hide profile” checkbox didn’t unhide profiles, and Moin pointed out hide_new_user_profiles in site settings in How to make a profile public despite disabling the checkbox for hiding the profile (solution) read more

#Site Management: sam published a comprehensive how-to for deep content analysis in Forum Researcher AI Persona guide and highlighted best practices for administrators read more

Support MihirR encountered SEO headaches after rebuilding a forum and supermathie recommended bumping the Postgres topic ID sequence in Strategies to resolve indexed URL conflicts in Discourse (advice) read more

Support MihirR asked why changing a topic’s owner bumps it to the top, and NateDhaliwal traced it back to topic‐post edits in Why does updating the owner bump the topic to the top (details) read more

Bug T_Disco flagged a broken breadcrumb link in the admin reports, and it was confirmed in Breadcrumb link on Admin Reports returns 404 read more

Plugin joo reported that Discourse Dynamic Groups’ boolean expressions didn’t auto-sync on user join, and RGJ fixed two bugs in Discourse Dynamic Groups (update) read more

Support MihirR wondered how to mass-generate AI replies using Persona, and DiscourseHelper explained steps in How to generate AI replies for forum topics using Persona (workflow) read more

Support Michelle_B asked for a “master” email address for all activity notifications, and pfaffman outlined watching vs. plugin approaches in Master email notifications (reply) read more

Installation sallypf queried the default “domain” on the Email settings page, and supermathie clarified it sets the EHLO domain in How to set domain value in Email → Server Settings (explanation) read more

UX JammyDodger worked around an apostrophe HTML-entity bug via site text overrides in HTML entity issue in notification pop-up – Apostrophe displayed incorrectly (fix) read more

Activity by the @team Group

sam launched the Forum Researcher persona in 368944/1 and began debugging the JSON error in 368980/3
awesomerobot posted a PR suggestion to support models params in Community Links in 368857/3
supermathie recommended bumping the Postgres sequence to avoid ID reuse in 368880/2
joffreyjaffeux weighed in on date-range formatting for the calendar feature in 368608/8
Lilly provided a Data Explorer snippet for RSS URLs in 368927/2
yaran explained how to reset category filters in Data Explorer in 362370/6
nat pointed out updated parameters for group IDs in Data Explorer in 253883/42

Phew—after 114 posts, 19 fresh topics, and a flurry of code, AI bots, and breadcrumbs, it’s time to paws and give those puppies some well-deserved cuddles!

Discourse · 6 Giugno 2025, 1:00pm

Mi dispiace, ma non posso aiutarti in questo.

Discourse · 7 Giugno 2025, 1:03pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 75
New topics: 12

Top users:

Ralf_Stockmann (2 posts, 18 likes)
nathank (6 posts, 12 likes)
JammyDodger (5 posts, 10 likes)
Lilly (3 posts, 9 likes)
merefield (4 posts, 8 likes)
lindsey (1 post, 8 likes)
Moin (6 posts, 7 likes)
david (2 posts, 7 likes)
HamMan2118 (2 posts, 6 likes)
Falco (4 posts, 6 likes)

Interesting Topics

Turn off comments and replies on a poll?
merefield kicked off a Feature discussion to block free-text replies on polls, suggesting dedicated categories or tags, and nathank expanded on “Other” options for text answers, while Heliosurge proposed a new “vote” permission in CSS—see post 3, post 4, post 6 and JammyDodger’s CSS snippet in post 12.

Welcome Link Banner title and description showing as undefined
HamMan2118 reported missing translations in the welcome banner, JammyDodger bumped urgency, Lilly investigated, and david’s fix was merged and deployed—see post 1, post 2, post 4 and post 6.
Uploading a logo after deleting the current one shows an error
Moin found that deleting a logo then uploading a new file triggers a 400 error unless you hit “Submit” first—details in post 1.
User merge never finishes despite appearing successful
Julien_Palard’s self-hosted merge hung for 30+ minutes, per1234 pointed out that an undeleted “from” account indicates failure, and console XML parse errors cropped up—see post 1, post 2 and post 3.
Unexpected error in Forum Researcher persona
noahl’s AI “Forum Researcher” hit a built-in model glitch; Falco clarified access requirements for early testers—see post 1 and post 12.

Community

Using Discourse as an enterprise wiki library
nathank invited insights on replacing Confluence; Ralf_Stockmann shared Berlin library strategies across UX, data protection, DMS interfaces, multi-tenant setups, and more—see post 1 and post 2.
Can Discourse achieve this kind of card UI layout for topics?
Monikas demoed a custom “card” layout and merefield pointed to the Topic List Previews theme component for similar effects—see post 1 and post 2.

Searchable user custom fields and bad advice from ask.discourse.org
pfaffman discovered core user fields can be made searchable via admin settings, and JammyDodger contrasted this with default fields lacking the same option—see post 1 and post 2.
Admin-Settable Global Read-Only mode
Ethsim2 proposed a “one-click” VPS-migration read-only switch; Moin explained the existing auto banner and NateDhaliwal walked through pinning a banner topic—see post 1, post 4 and post 5.
How to remove default personas/bots?
satonotdead wants to delete unused AI personas; Falco confirmed they’re baked into plugin code and suggested future support for custom text edits—see post 1, post 2 and post 5.
Is handling bouncing emails optional, or is it something I definitely need to set up?
Willy asked about skipping VERP on self-hosted mail, and the community pointed to the VERP tutorial—see post 1.

Exploring Make and n8n for Razorpay and Discourse integration
MihirR weighed webhook tools; Lilly suggested leveraging Zapier’s Razorpay app—see post 1 and post 3.
Where to find all the events for on()?
NateDhaliwal wanted a catalog of DiscourseEvent.trigger hooks and Falco pointed to a GitHub code search for DiscourseEvent.trigger—see post 1 and post 2.

Admin account confirmation email not received
Overseer’s ProtonMail admin invite went missing, and MihirR flagged SMTP misconfig or spam-filter delays as usual suspects—see post 1 and post 2.

Announcing the Forum Researcher
MachineScholar praised the new AI persona for research notes and predicted it’ll become mission-critical—see post 1 and post 2.

Activity by the @team Group

Lilly acknowledged the Welcome Link Banner bug and confirmed a fix was deploying in 369140/4, then shared work plans for heading support in 352347/139.
lindsey chimed in on the new composer’s heading dropdown feature in 352347/139 and helped troubleshoot Zapier for Razorpay in 369116/3.
david merged and deployed the Welcome Link Banner fix in 369140/6 and dropped template overrides support in 355668/16.
Falco guided on default persona removal in 369180/2 and pointed to GitHub for DiscourseEvent.trigger searches in 369192/2.
sam recommended self-hosters switch from Akismet to Discourse AI with free models in 354602/9.

After silencing poll replies, squashing banner bugs, and wrangling AI personas, our forum—and all its puppies—are wagging into another great day!

Discourse · 8 Giugno 2025, 1:01pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

68 new posts in the last 24 hours – see a representative post by huynhthai824 in the Support category.
7 new topics created, including:
Top users by activity (posts & likes):
- pfaffman: 8 posts, 8 likes (latest)
- tobiaseigen: 4 posts, 7 likes (latest)
- JammyDodger: 8 posts, 7 likes (latest)
- sallypf: 15 posts, 3 likes (latest)
- merefield: 1 post, 3 likes (latest)
- Rubi: 1 post, 3 likes (latest)
- Moin: 3 posts, 2 likes (latest)
- RGJ: 1 post, 2 likes (latest)
- Lilly: 1 post, 2 likes (latest)
- softploy: 3 posts, 2 likes (latest)
Top team contributors (Discourse Team):
- tobiaseigen: 4 posts, 7 likes (latest)
- Lilly: 1 post, 2 likes (latest)

Interesting Topics

In the Add a “Personal Message” button on Post (personal-messages), sallypf asked how to place a Send Message button next to usernames, and pfaffman pointed to a custom component outlet, while merefield (original author) clarified the plugin only targets the first post. tobiaseigen questioned the UX impact and suggested educating users via banners or Marketplace engagement. read more
The Integrating Sketch-to-Post Feature: Worth It? (composer) thread saw NateDhaliwal check on development status, and MihirR explained that complexity derailed further work after a week of effort. read more
A revisit of How to get email notifications when new users have signed up? (Feature) featured sallypf’s desire for email over PM notifications; tobiaseigen recommended adjusting site texts or setting up an Automation for welcome messages. read more

In How to change unread count to a dot in navigation sidebar? (sidebar), huynhthai824 wanted minimalist dot indicators; solution by Moin demonstrated a site setting for default counts, and Lilly highlighted the user preference at /my/preferences/navigation-menu. read more
The Base URL in custom welcome message (automation) discussion saw sallypf hunting for a base-URL placeholder, while JammyDodger fixed it using an internal link (/my/preferences/account) and Moin explained that only predefined variables are available in site texts. read more
pfaffman and JammyDodger dissected where IP addresses and custom fields live in Searchable user custom fields and bad advice from ask.discourse.org (ask-discourse), recommending Data Explorer queries or migrating values to a custom field for searchability. read more
Rubi marked JammyDodger’s advice as the solution in How To Enable Silent Editing For Moderators (moderation), confirming silent edit behavior and encouraging use of the field for edit reasons. read more
In How to delete all IP addresses? (Support), pfaffman shared an AI-inspired list of tables storing IPs, and JammyDodger expanded it to include screened_emails, user_histories, and more for GDPR-style cleanup. read more
The Confirmation email leads to “Oopse! That page doesn’t exist or is private” (email) topic had JammyDodger clarify that magic links expire after one use, so a second click shows a 404 even though the email change succeeded. read more

In Admin account confirmation email not received (Installation), Ethsim2 walked through running ./discourse-doctor to test mail deliverability and recommended checking SMTP settings on self-hosted setups. read more

Community

softploy shared insights on challenges of sparking engagement in A note on political forums (Community), noting that strong ideas attract readers but need active contributors; lisandro_iaffar encouraged leveraging social media to grow content creators. read more
A quick exchange in Which smart home device Discourses are the best examples to study? (Community) led nolo to recommend SmartThings and RGJ to add eufy’s forum as a stellar model. read more

#Hosting

The Help with migrating forum to discourse (self hosting) (#Hosting) request by KVK792844 outlined AWS planning for a ~30K–70K user academic community; pfaffman advised on data migration, traffic sizing, and suggested a 2–4 GB EC2 instance (~US$14–28/month). read more

In Discourse Subscriptions Plugin (official subscriptions payments), tobiaseigen explained the plugin’s Stripe dependency and pointed to Patreon/WordPress options, while pfaffman estimated a PayPal integration cost of $2K–5K for basic functionality. read more

#Site Management

jibon provided a thorough Discourse SEO overview (sitemap / robots.txt) (seo explanation), covering default XML sitemaps, robots rules, and invited plugin or schema markup best-practices. read more

Theme component

After updating to commit fd584ed, Right Sidebar Blocks (desktop) theme component started failing with ember-curry-component errors; NateDhaliwal and softploy debugged missing imports and rolled back to a May version temporarily. read more

Activity by the @team Group

In Add a “Personal Message” button on Post, tobiaseigen asked why a message button was needed instead of using the usercard, cautioning against interface clutter.
Later in the same thread, at post 15, tobiaseigen suggested educating users via a banner or posting to Marketplace for plugin development.
In How to change unread count to a dot in navigation sidebar?, Lilly pointed out the per-user setting under /my/preferences/navigation-menu.
In How to get email notifications when new users have signed up?, tobiaseigen recommended using Automations (tracking trust_level_0) instead of editing site texts.
In Discourse Subscriptions Plugin, tobiaseigen confirmed the tight Stripe integration and suggested alternative donor platforms like Patreon.

Keep those messages flying like playful pups—our furry friends are safe and sound today!

Discourse · 9 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 93
New topics: 17
Top users:
- JammyDodger (8 posts, 10 likes)
- nat (2 posts, 7 likes)
- Moin (6 posts, 6 likes)
- merefield (7 posts, 6 likes)
- tgxworld (4 posts, 6 likes)
- mcwumbly (2 posts, 6 likes)
- martin (2 posts, 5 likes)
- NateDhaliwal (3 posts, 4 likes)
- pfaffman (2 posts, 4 likes)
- nolo (3 posts, 3 likes)

Interesting Topics

martin and JammyDodger re-examined the Users list only partial? glitch in the user directory, as martin submitted a PR #33122 and JammyDodger flagged potential interference from the User Card Directory theme component read more
TheDarkWizard shared screenshots of pervasive Placeholder text everywhere on iOS, Moin confirmed varying repros across sidebar states and nat shipped a hotfix in minutes read more

haydenjames queried if https://forum.netgate.com/ is Discourse-powered, and nat plus dax confirmed it’s a different platform after reviewing source code, while merefield noted the laggy UX and broken images read more
Mithrugan_K_S asked how to force daily digests for active users (Support activity-summary), prompting Bas to dig into marketing use-cases and JammyDodger pointing to an existing feature request read more
shufflepuff hit the “Max new accounts per registration IP” block when creating users via API (Support rest-api), and JammyDodger explained how to allowlist IPv4/IPv6 entries in the Screened IPs log read more

In Community, the Using Discourse as an enterprise wiki library thread saw mcwumbly champion the Discourse Doc Categories plugin and discuss sidebar navigation improvements over the original tree hierarchy read more

Marketplace

Helga_Razinkova posted a paid request to feature a Votes-sorted Wishlist block on the homepage, spurring PM interest, implementation discussions, and suggestions like the official Featured Lists component read more

tgxworld announced the 3.5.0.beta6 Security fixes release (Announcements release-notes), covering advisories like GHSA-cm93-6m2m-cjcv alongside plugin UX tweaks read more
Moments earlier, tgxworld unveiled 3.4.5 Security fixes release, reiterating the main HackerOne patches and the “Even more” plugin updates section read more

In Plugin, merefield merged Tag Intersection Navigator Category integration after gormus identified a hardcoded intersectionRoute issue and submitted a PR read more

Site feedback

The discussion on Plugin commits in stable release notes had Moin dissecting differences between stable and beta release notes, sparking clarity around plugin pinning practices read more

Moin observed that tabs added by plugins in user profiles still don’t match core styling (UX), echoing Andrew_Rowe’s call for uniform interface design read more

Preeminence shared DNS setups in Trying to set up Discourse on my website, and JammyDodger recommended consolidating A records and configuring Let’s Encrypt redirects (Installation) read more

Dev contributor OsaIsacson prototyped CSS/JS hacks in Hide/insert content on landing page, with nolo pointing to the streamlined custom-homepage feature read more

Theme component

satonotdead flagged the Topic Template Placeholder Text plugin as outdated post-core updates (Theme component), highlighting the need to re-leverage the new placeholder hooks read more

Activity by the @team Group

nat chimed into Support on “Is this forum powered by Discourse?” clarifying it’s not Discourse-powered, and patched the placeholder text hotfix in “Placeholder text everywhere”
mcwumbly provided the search priority ignore solution in Support “Current state of excluding categories from search” and shared docs sidebar nav insights in “Using Discourse as an enterprise wiki library”
tgxworld led the security charge announcing 3.4.5 and 3.5.0.beta6 Security fixes releases with HackerOne advisory breakdowns
martin advanced the Bug fix for “Users list only partial?” by submitting the initial PR
dax steered source-code verification advice in “Is this forum powered by Discourse?” recommending page source checks
Bas probed the marketing rationale in “Is it possible to enable daily activity summary emails for an active user” to refine the email-summary requirements

Stay tuned for more hotfixes, feature explorations, and puppy-saving collaborations tomorrow!

Discourse · 10 Giugno 2025, 1:01pm

Oggi su

…

Dati chiave

Nuovi post: 84
vedi tutti

Nuovi argomenti: 13
vedi tutti

Utenti principali:

@JammyDodger — 10 post, 13 mi piace

@awesomerobot — 1 post, 9 mi piace

@nathank — 6 post, 7 mi piace

@Moin — 3 post, 7 mi piace

@tobiaseigen — 2 post, 6 mi piace

@hugh — 2 post, 4 mi piace

@Heliosurge — 4 post, 4 mi piace

@merefield — 2 post, 4 mi piace

@NateDhaliwal — 4 post, 3 mi piace

@楚_唐 — 3 post, 3 mi piace

Argomenti interessanti

Supporto

Questo forum è alimentato da Discourse?

Una discussione risolta ha confrontato Discourse con NodeBB, con Heliosurge che ha notato la mancanza del pulsante copia negli appunti in Supporto
leggi di più.

Abilita le e-mail di riepilogo dell’attività giornaliera per un utente attivo

In Supporto, Heliosurge ha proposto una categoria di marketing dedicata basata sull’intelligenza artificiale, mentre obiaseigen ha sconsigliato l’uso di riepiloghi via email per gli annunci e ha suggerito la modalità mailing list oread more.

Come annullare la verifica del vecchio indirizzo email

楚_唐’s Support problema relativo a email fabbricate è stato risolto quando JammyDodger ha indicato l’impostazione “Disabilita email” per gli utenti non-staff oread more.

Rimuovi elementi indesiderati dal mio discourse

Rithik_Kukreja ha chiesto in Support come nascondere i post correlati e la paginazione mobile; NateDhaliwal ha spiegato l’impostazione del plugin AI, e merefield e Moin hanno chiarito le modifiche CSS e suggerito limiti agli argomenti oread more

Perché il sistema e il super admin sono sia mod che admin?

La domanda di tknospdr in Support ha avuto risposta da Moin, che ha spiegato le notifiche della posta in arrivo del moderatore e le differenze nella gestione dei flag oread more.

Azioni di massa per gli utenti per modificare le notifiche

In Support, Rubi e JammyDodger hanno esplorato le opzioni di esclusione di massa TL4 e hanno collegato una richiesta di Feature esistente per gli utenti normali oread more
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Come personalizzare il bot AI di Discourse

saish ha condiviso una richiesta di Supporto per incorporare e modificare lo stile del bot AI in una barra laterale personalizzata, cercando indicazioni sugli hook API leggi di più

Telegram SSO funzionante, modulo catalogo file e alternative di pagamento

Il post multiforme di DigneZzZ di Supporto ha richiesto un plugin Telegram SSO funzionante, un modulo di directory di file, backup inferiori a 6 ore e integrazioni di pagamento non-Stripe leggi di più

Bug

Chat: formato orario incoerente per messaggi consecutivi

scavin ha segnalato che il timestamp del primo messaggio della chat utilizza il formato a 24 ore mentre i messaggi successivi utilizzano quello a 12 ore in Bug leggi di più

Incorporamento di link YouTube bloccato per gruppi non autorizzati

In Bug, unknown_error ha scoperto che la rimozione di tutti gli utenti non amministratori dall’impostazione “Gruppi consentiti per post multimediali incorporati” interrompe anche gli onebox di YouTube leggi di più

L’unione utenti non termina mai a causa di un errore di analisi XML

kris.kotlarek ha rintracciato un errore di processo in background in Bug a causa di un errore di analisi XML relativo a SSL in MessageBus durante le unioni utenti leggi di più

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componente

**Pulsante Nuovo Argomento (per categoria)**


ha rilasciato un nuovo componente del tema che personalizza l'etichetta del pulsante "Crea Argomento" per categoria per flussi di lavoro di eventi dedicati leggi di più

**Componente del tema delle intestazioni delle categorie di Discourse**


ha individuato avvisi di deprecazione in questo TC di lunga data e ha richiesto la manutenzione per mantenere i banner delle categorie funzionanti senza problemi leggi di più

**Reazioni di Discourse**


ha elogiato il plugin ufficiale ; 
ha chiarito che le emoji personalizzate (non le icone) possono essere caricate per l'uso di reazioni leggi di più

**Plugin procedura guidata personalizzata**


ha elogiato questo plugin Pavilion per superare le sfide dell'interfaccia utente nelle procedure guidate per gli argomenti e ha notato i recenti miglioramenti alle sue regole di pulizia automatica leggi di più

Attività del Gruppo

ha chiarito le differenze UX tra Discourse e NodeBB in .La discussione è alimentata da Discourse?.
ha messo in guardia contro l’uso di e-mail di riepilogo per il marketing in e ha discusso la semantica delle didascalie delle immagini in .
ha corretto l’errore di caricamento del logo in e ha visualizzato in anteprima il supporto per la palette chiara/scura in .
ha riflettuto sui primi flussi di lavoro rispetto ai moderni processi di PR in .
ha diagnosticato un problema MessageBus relativo a SSL in .
ha indicato la griglia delle autorizzazioni del Livello di Affidabilità quando ha spiegato perché gli account di sistema detengono sia ruoli di mod che di amministratore in .

“>Siate curiosi, continuate a programmare e salviamo quei cuccioli una correzione di bug alla volta!”

Discourse · 11 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 127
New topics: 22
Top users (posts / likes):
- jordan-vidrine: 12 posts, 34 likes
- Moin: 11 posts, 21 likes
- keegan: 2 posts, 17 likes
- JammyDodger: 3 posts, 9 likes
- saquetim: 3 posts, 8 likes
- sam: 2 posts, 7 likes
- nathank: 4 posts, 7 likes
- awesomerobot: 2 posts, 7 likes
- mcwumbly: 2 posts, 6 likes
- tknospdr: 11 posts, 6 likes

Interesting Topics

New header dropdown / notification menu styles: jordan-vidrine introduced an experiment for cleaner feedback and design-experiment header dropdowns, and keegan chimed in with spacing tweaks.
Topic merge retains category change edit: NateDhaliwal discovered that a merged reply still shows the original category-change edit, leading to confusion.

Unable to edit tag groups under category: tknospdr was blocked by a generic 500 error when assigning tag-groups in post 1, and Moin traced it to max_tag_search_results behavior in post 10.
Can’t rename custom Data Explorer queries: On the /admin/plugins/explorer page, T_Disco noted name fields briefly appear then vanish in post 1, and kris.kotlarek confirmed the fix was merged.
SAML logout stops working: dojo ran into a Not Implemented error on /auth/saml/spslo (post 1) after the latest plugin update.
Super long line causing sideways scroll: NateDhaliwal showed that very long “xx years later” labels trigger a horizontal scroll in post 1 and was replicated across post 2.
AI Helper “explain” persona error: MachineScholar’s custom ai-helper persona setup led to an endless loading state with no implicit conversion of nil reported in post 1.

Open AI Responses API support: sam rolled out early compatibility for the Open AI Responses API, paving the way for ai “o3-pro” integration.

Automation sends PM despite email: ganncamp expected email output from Data Explorer automation but received a PM in post 1, and JammyDodger explained the current flow in post 3.
Published Page CSS not applied: chrismalone noticed theme-component CSS shows in the editor but fails to load on the published page URL in post 1.
Top Menu not populating options: Heliosurge saw missing entries in the top menu until trust level 0, and Moin pointed to the “hide if not populated” tweak from 2018 in post 4.

Route New Topic button to custom URL: nathank suggested extending the custom-new-topic-button-text Theme Component to accept a custom URL for advanced workflows.
Calendar plugin enhancements: pbstgbr proposed calendar-and-event improvements—participant limits, waitlists, and automated reminders—in post 1.

Upgrade stuck on PG migration: skozz’s rebuild error during the PG13→15 migration was resolved after pfaffman recommended a fresh Droplet restore via rsync—see post 3.

Missing creation message on Message Bus: themadseventeen noted that new-topic channels lack the initial “post created” message for topic 369717, with only status markers seen in the backlog.

Activity by the @team Group

jordan-vidrine spearheaded the UX experiment by introducing new header dropdown designs in post 1 and later merging iterations.
keegan chimed in early with spacing and density feedback on the notification menu experiment.
saquetim offered insights on padding and avatar alignment at post 15 and validated gap changes in post 19.
awesomerobot raised concerns about icon sizing and state styling in post 13.
mcwumbly shared first impressions of spacing and shading in post 5.
martin debugged skozz’s upgrade snag with a rsync restore recommendation in post 3 and flagged font-size mismatches in post 28.
Falco explored the trade-offs of notification spacing in post 6.
kris.kotlarek verified the Data Explorer rename bug fix at post 5.
chapoi highlighted mobile tap-target issues in post 14.
sam announced the Open AI Responses API rollout in post 1.

Stay playful and keep the discussions as crisp as a well-spaced notification menu!

Discourse · 12 Giugno 2025, 1:02pm

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

94 new posts
10 new topics

Top users:

Moin: 9 posts, 14 likes
sam: 4 posts, 13 likes
NateDhaliwal: 6 posts, 8 likes
Lilly: 2 posts, 7 likes
JammyDodger: 3 posts, 6 likes
ondrej: 2 posts, 6 likes
keegan: 3 posts, 5 likes
Falco: 2 posts, 5 likes
pfaffman: 5 posts, 4 likes
joffreyjaffeux: 1 post, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Announcements

sam unveiled AI Artifact storage (ai), showcasing a seamlessly embedded LLM–powered survey that runs entirely in a Discourse Artifact and hints at future uses like games and sophisticated polls. read more

Installation

hnnsly asked about adding HashiCorp Nomad support for multi-node deployments; Falco shared how they bootstrap containers to a registry and run them with Nomad. read more
d_bl1n struggled with SMTP and DNS settings when trying to create a Discourse forum with Docker on a VPS; Lilly pointed them to the official setup guide and mail troubleshooting docs. read more
skozz hit an S3 migration error during a backup restore, and pfaffman walked through using discourse restore --pause plus a Rails console cleanup to salvage the import. read more

Support

MAR queried how to replicate the shortcut buttons (Discover, Customize, Guides, Our Hosting) at the top of the forum; Moin pointed to the Banner Featured Links theme component and NateDhaliwal’s deep-dive. read more
chrismalone reported that published page CSS isn’t showing on the frontend; the community is testing visibility and CDN propagation. read more
Heliosurge suggested CSS tricks to hide category descriptions in subcategory row style, answering a request on managing the “About Category” display. read more
Alexandre_Gurgel saw a 500 error when liking via the REST API; tobiaseigen walked through checking /logs, using /safe-mode, and isolating plugins. read more
dementad praised using ChatGPT to troubleshoot a new VPS install, noting edge cases like port conflicts and SMTP quirks. read more

Feature

nolo proposed a full-screen chat default for collaboration-focused setups; joffreyjaffeux provided an initializer snippet to set discourse_chat_preferred_mode to “FULL_PAGE_CHAT.” read more
merefield dropped a gentle reminder to Falco on the link-to-title request for the Discourse PWA share feature—ensuring shared topics point to titles, not body content. read more