Daily Summary (1pm UTC)

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Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

• New posts: 125
• New topics: 18
• Top contributors:
  • Moin: 14 posts, 15 likes
  • j.jaffeux: 4 posts, 12 likes
  • joshhabka: 7 posts, 3 likes
  • awesomerobot: 3 posts, 5 likes
  • Canapin: 2 posts, 5 likes
  • RGJ: 2 posts, 4 likes
  • jordan.vidrine: 2 posts, 4 likes
  • sam: 3 posts, 3 likes
  • Saif: 1 post, 5 likes
  • Roi: 2 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Bug

• Automatic images grid not working when locale is not set to English
  pierrox reported that non-English locales break the images grid; j.jaffeux and Moin collaborated on two PRs to handle language-specific spacing issues in this topic and merged fixes on GitHub read more.

• Site settings: Authorized extensions ‘Audio’ button title text isn’t displaying
  awesomerobot confirmed a missing label in the UX dropdown and linked to a PR that restores the button text in topic 372725/2 and tracked the fix on GitHub read more.

• Category Icon Converts to JPEG
  tvavrda noticed that uploading a PNG icon results in a white JPEG background; the conversion behavior was flagged as unintended in topic 375797/1 read more.

Installation

• “Your local changes… templates/postgres.template.yml”
  joshhabka ran into a build error due to an extra postgres.template.yml file; Ethsim2 explained that removing it from /templates is safe and recommended the proper rm command in topic 375582/7 read more.

Theme component

• Voice Recorder Component
  Saif suggested integrating a voice recorder for accessibility in core, noting improved AI-powered voice recognition across languages in topic 215621/141 read more.

Community

• Best practices for deceased community members
  LotusJeff sought guidance on handling accounts of passed-away users; Moin and Canapin discussed pros and cons of deactivation vs. suspension and privacy considerations in topic 146210/9 read more.

Support

• Can not make my profile open even i uncheck the “Hide my public profile” checkbox in profile
  oliver_grant found that Trust Level restrictions override the profile visibility setting; Moin explained the default TL0 behavior and linked to the release notes in topic 375741/4 read more.

• Every post needs approval, even shouldn’t
  Jagster discovered that enabling the Geo-blocking plugin caused all posts—including admin/moderator posts—to land in review; Moin confirmed the regression, and disabling the plugin restored normal behavior in topic 375694/3 read more.

• Unknown system generated emails sent to my users
  Sanika_Barve asked how to identify and disable unexpected Discourse emails; Moin and NateDhaliwal covered settings for digest, PM, and automation emails, pointing to configuration docs in topic 375625/6 read more.

UX

• Avatar menu entries are bold
  Moin spotted bold text and blue icons in the user menu; jordan.vidrine confirmed the styling issue is resolved in the latest build in topic 375704/2 read more.

• A table renders outside the boundaries of the post/comment
  rokejulianlockhart demonstrated HTML inside Markdown tables overflowing the container; sam proposed a UX recategorization and the team is evaluating a fix in topic 375689/2 read more.

Dev

• Embed Discourse Comments in Discourse Topic
  denvergeeks explored mirroring comments and referenced @sylque’s discpage plugin; Heliosurge suggested scrolling contents or using sidebar blocks for enhanced accessibility in topic 375001/8 read more.

Announcements

• New topic filtering UI
  Sam published a walkthrough of the revamped filter toolbar; sam and others tested video quality and shared tips for sharper demos in topic 375563/5 read more.

Feature

• Marketing Suggestion
  HAWK reminded us that Discourse.org highlights key features in marketing materials and linked to the main site messaging in topic 375373/3 read more.

• Feature Request: Digest opened mail statistics
  Ric asked for email-open metrics on digest mails; Jagster responded about deliverability tracking limits and best practices for privacy in topic 375801/2 read more.

Activity by the @team Group

• j.jaffeux helped fix the locale handling for the automatic images grid in Automatic images grid not working… and refined German spacing in a follow-up PR read more.

• awesomerobot confirmed fixes for the audio button label in site settings bug and addressed translation issues in Moderator shield tooltip translation.

• Saif championed a built-in voice recorder for improved accessibility in Voice Recorder Component.

• jordan.vidrine merged style updates for the avatar menu in Avatar menu entries are bold and finalized the new notification menu in header dropdown redesign.

• sam moved the table overflow discussion to UX in table rendering bug and shared feedback on the new topic filter UI in topic filtering UI.

• HAWK weighed in on marketing clarity in Marketing Suggestion.

• Falco provided guidance on external PostgreSQL setup in Separate PostgreSQL server and discussed LLM integrations on the AI settings page in LLM settings.

• tobiaseigen highlighted AI spam detection in Human-driven copy-paste spam and shared survey anonymity ideas in Discourse Surveys.

• Lilly reviewed deprecation warnings in the Image Alignment theme component in Image Alignment and Grid.

Our playful pups are happily chasing their tails after that lively 24 hours!

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Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Timeframe: 2025-07-25 00:00 UTC → 2025-07-26 00:00 UTC

• New posts: 112
• New topics: 20

Top users (last 24 h):

• Moin: 12 posts, 20 likes
• Ethsim2: 18 posts, 4 likes
• Heliosurge: 8 posts, 3 likes
• patrickemin: 5 posts, 4 likes
• alltiagocom: 3 posts, 3 likes
• ondrej: 2 posts, 2 likes
• bayardo.rivas: 1 post, 2 likes
• dax: 1 post, 5 likes
• awesomerobot: 1 post, 4 likes
• SubStrider: 1 post, 2 likes

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Interesting Topics

Bug

• alltiagocom discovered an input bug that prevented typing full hex codes in category color settings, and dax offered a paste workaround read more

• CrazyCaliope reported being unable to interact with later posts in a long quiz thread initial, and Moin traced it to a theme component, recommending safe mode to isolate the issue read more

• serkhelesheyi highlighted that filtering search by a Persian category slug yields no results due to URL encoding, calling for RTL slug support read more

Support

• awesomerobot asked why a profile remained hidden despite unchecking Hide my public profile, seeking clarity on visibility rules read more

• hmmmnotsure reported tremble and OpenID issues after the 3.5.0.beta8-dev update, and David_Ghost confirmed the right sidebar vanished post-upgrade read more

• Cate_Soule inquired about time limits for deleting posts initial, and Moin clarified how post edit time limit affects deletions read more

• joshhabka hit a 500 Server Error in the Subscriptions admin page due to mixed-content font requests, and pfaffman advised enabling force_https read more

• joshhabka also encountered a GitHub OAuth redirect_uri mismatch, asking what’s misconfigured in the callback URL read more

Feature

• Ethsim2 proposed allowing groups to own other groups one level deep—decoupling membership from ownership for streamlined delegation—and Heliosurge refined nesting rules read more

• patrickemin requested an admin setting to default Post Voting answers sort to chronological activity instead of votes, aiming for a more natural forum flow read more

• LW2333 suggested adding an order:op_edited sorting option to topic filters so announcements and docs sort by original-post edit time read more

Installation

• copymonopoly sought a modern SSH key–based method for installing private-repo plugins, and merefield reiterated OAuth tokens as the secure recommended path read more

Dev

• SubStrider explored creating custom post-meta widgets and learned that api.renderInOutlet("below-post-meta-data", …) is now supported in core read more

• alltiagocom implemented a category carousel for mobile by leveraging Moin’s header-categories-navbar example to grab and style the sidebar list read more

#Site feedback

• NateDhaliwal spotted the Hidden Whispers theme still selectable under Horizon, and Moin traced it to a missing theme component toggle in horizon-theme read more

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Activity by the @team Group

• dax confirmed and reproduced the hex-color input issue, then suggested a workaround in Can’t type a specific color in the category text

• awesomerobot probed residual profile-visibility quirks in Can not make my profile open even if “Hide my public profile” is unchecked

• Bas chimed in on scope when asked “What does Discourse have to do with VOD?” in Launch VOD platform

• Falco clarified that migrations run independently of plugin enablement in Configure Discourse to use a separate PostgreSQL server

• MarkDoerr noted the renamed path for house ads in the Discourse Advertising Plugin (Ads)

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Keep those hex codes safe and your sidebars upright—our community tackled everything from color bugs to OAuth woes yesterday!

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Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

• New posts: 51
• New topics: 6
• Top users:
  • @Moin: 4 posts, 6 likes
  • @NateDhaliwal: 5 posts, 5 likes
  • @RGJ: 2 posts, 4 likes
  • @pfaffman: 2 posts, 3 likes
  • @gdelore: 2 posts, 3 likes
  • @merefield: 1 post, 2 likes
  • @justinm: 2 posts, 2 likes
  • @joshhabka: 4 posts, 1 like
  • @j.jaffeux: 1 post, 1 like
  • @Heliosurge: 1 post, 1 like

Interesting Topics

Support

• philh explored how to migrate an existing category’s contents into another instance in Structure and duplication of category contents intra discourse and between discourse sites, and pfaffman suggested using Administrative Bulk Operations.

• Cate_Soule asked how to hide the “Other Notifications” tab and the chat/bookmark icons in Hide “Other Notifications”, and NateDhaliwal provided a CSS solution to target .top-tabs.tabs-list.

• joshhabka ran into a 500 error on the subscriptions page in Discourse Subscriptions (Core) - Server Error while trying to load /s/admin/products, and RGJ reminded them to verify plugin removal and check /logs.

• @username reported that the recent 3.5.0.beta8-dev release was causing many issues in 3.5.0.beta8-dev release is causing many issues!, and pfaffman asked for specifics on errors and upgrade history.

• LW2333 described a Cloudflare 521 “Web server is down” error after upgrading to beta8-dev in Getting Cloudflare 521 Error After Upgrade to 3.5.0.beta8-dev, and LotusJeff walked through certificate checks and Let’s Encrypt setup.

• joshhabka questioned a misconfiguration in their Twitter OAuth setup in Discourse OAUTH Not Working!?, prompting cross-checks of callbacks and credentials.

General

• gdelore is considering private livestream integration for a paid community in Private Live Stream and Discourse, and NateDhaliwal pointed them to the Discourse Livestream plugin.

UX

• Halden42 shared a drag-to-right workaround for exiting local PDF previews on iOS PWAs in Opening PDF after save to iOS home screen, clarifying differences with external S3 hosting.

Bug

• The team investigated why one thread couldn’t be replied to in Error - one thread can’t be replied to, and j.jaffeux stepped in to ask for relevant /logs entries.

Feature

• Moin spotted a missing link in the #discourse-categories-suppressed docs and updated settings references in Improve documentation for discourse-categories-suppressed.

• mbauman demoed a prototype GitHub Action for managing site_texts via API in Config as code options for Discourse?, inviting testers for larger payload support.

#Site Management

• Lee_Ars provided feedback on Discourse AI triage delays when hiding posts live in Discourse AI - AI triage, suggesting improvements for immediate hides.

Marketplace

• as_ow is scoping tech partner support in Bahrain/GCC for enterprise integration in Implementing Discourse via a Technology Partner in GCC / Bahrain.

Theme component

• nixo reported console errors after the official Color Palette update in Visibility of icons in more options menu on theme components, flagging potential WCAG color issues.

Dev

• nixo raised a build error when removing “template overrides” in Removing support for “template overrides” and mobile-specific templates.

Activity by the @team Group

• j.jaffeux triaged the Bug topic Error - one thread can’t be replied to by directing users to examine /logs for error diagnostics.

After unraveling logs, livestreams, and OAuth quirks, you’ve earned your virtual detective badge—happy sleuthing!

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Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

• New posts: 135
• New topics: 17

Top users (posts / likes ):

• Cate_Soule: 18 / 8
• NateDhaliwal: 13 / 5
• Thomas_Rother: 9 / 6
• sam: 6 / 10
• david: 6 / 8
• merefield: 10 / 2
• lindsey: 2 / 16
• Lhc_fl: 4 / 7
• SubStrider: 3 / 3
• RGJ: 2 / 5

Ranking by post count.

Interesting Topics

Announcements

• In a follow-up to composer, lindsey rolled out a toggle between Rich Text and Markdown composer modes and introduced a default composition mode setting for new members read more and revisited the composer announcement.

• Plugin bundling enters the core: sam and david confirmed that the stable branch serves as a de-facto LTS and that popular plugins will be bundled with Discourse by default, simplifying setup and ensuring compatibility details and see RGJ’s insights on versioning here.

Installation

• Troubleshooting bootstrap failures: Thomas_Rother struggled with pre-bundled plugins causing db:migrate errors, discovered the bundled discourse-openid-connect culprit, removed it from app.yml, and achieved a successful rebuild thread start solution.

• Server resource spike: SubStrider noticed abnormal CPU, disk, and bandwidth spikes traced to a stuck backup job retrying endlessly; cancelling the job immediately stopped the surge report resolution.

Dev

• refresh: true explained: david clarified that setting refresh: true in a component’s settings.yml forces active clients to perform a full page reload on navigation, ensuring instant application of administrative changes question explanation.

• Pgvector migration fix: merefield reported a syntax error in the UpgradePgvector070 migration for Discourse AI due to older PostgreSQL syntax support; upgrading Postgres resolved the issue error log fix.

• Discourse AI embeddings migration: merefield encountered a missing-table error in the Move embeddings to single table migration, echoing concerns from the Applied migrations thread report.

Bug

• Tab key regression: j127 discovered that pressing Tab no longer shifts focus to the “Reply” button in the Markdown composer, a regression confirmed by j.jaffeux issue confirmation.

• Composer link newline: pacharanero reported that inserting links via Ctrl+K or the link toolbar in the new composer adds an unwanted newline when closing the dialog with Enter report details.

• Chinese mirror 404: cshll hit an ERR_PNPM_FETCH_404 error when updating Discourse via the Taobao NPM mirror; david diagnosed the mirror as the culprit and suggested using the official registry or reporting to npmmirror.com post analysis.

Support

• Category banners vanish: Cate_Soule saw her category-banners disappear after adjusting assignments in the theme component; a rebuild restored them initial solution.

• Events plugin UI error: Ethsim2 encountered a this.router error in the Discourse-Events plugin admin UI; the deprecation was deemed unrelated to post-stream changes and the discussion was moved back to the plugin’s thread for tracking report moved here.

• Email-in broken: marvi’s hosted forum stopped converting incoming emails into new topics despite correct settings; toggling the Reply by email options revived the workflow query tip.

• Force Mobile Homepage fails: Cate_Soule flagged that her top-navigation-links “Force Mobile Homepage” theme component stopped rendering after an update; rebuilding the app resolved the issue issue solution.

Feature

• Hide posts “live”: Lee_Ars and sam discussed making post hiding via automation occur instantly in the post stream rather than on refresh, a change under consideration for core proposal support.

Activity by the @team Group

• lindsey announced the default composition mode setting and composer mode toggle in Choosing the default composer mode for your community.

• sam elaborated on plugin bundling strategy in Bundling more popular plugins with Discourse core and weighed in on removing deprecated plugin pulls during bootstrap in Troubleshooting bootstrap failures in Discourse.

• david provided critical clarifications on force-refresh via refresh: true in What does refresh: true in settings.yml mean? and diagnosed the Taobao mirror 404 issue in 最新版更新出错.

• j.jaffeux reproduced and confirmed the Tab key regression in the Markdown composer for TAB key stopped working in markdown editor.

• nat guided investigations into CPU and bandwidth spikes in How do I find out what is causing this spike? and followed up on potential update issues in 最新版更新出错.

It’s been a whirlwind of composer tweaks, plugin bundling debates, and rebuild rescues—here’s to another day of powering up Discourse (and maybe fewer 404s tomorrow)!