Bug | Theme component assets under /uploads/ return 404 for anonymous users when “Prevent anons from downloading files” is enabled; sam agreed it needs resolution here and david noted it also breaks site logos here.
Bug | RGJ reported that disabled plugins still inject queries (e.g., topic voting filters) impacting performance and suggested guarding them with SiteSetting.topic_voting_enabledread more.
Support | Mark_W_Bennett was baffled by spam sent from the system account report, Falco traced it to incoming‐email handling under systemanalysis and dug into recent preference logs here.
Support | A self-hosted admin found the web GUI updater permanently broken on v3.6.0.beta; sam recommended using the console method and RGJ confirmed CLI rebuilds restore functionality here.
Support | wenqin explored external video hosting via PeerTube to ease server load; nathank pointed out the allowed_iframes whitelist needs updating details.
Support | A site owner noticed the Discobot Narrative welcome message disabled unexpectedly; Moin traced it to a recent core PR here.
Feature | The Official groups/posts topic prompted discussion on pinning vs. bannering: tobiaseigen shared examples of manual vs. automatic unpin settings here and explained the two related site settings here.
Feature | “Ranked choice” polls were shown with pie charts despite unsupported visualization; sam flagged this edge case discussion and merefield clarified Sankey diagrams are the intended graph here.
Dev | In Upcoming post stream changes, saquetim announced that Glimmer is now default and widgets can be re-enabled via glimmer_post_stream_mode & deactivate_widgets_renderingupdate and Boost confirmed override warnings here.
Dev | For the EOL of the widget rendering system, saquetim confirmed the legacy widget code is disabled by default on latest update details.
Dev | On Improving mobile/desktop mode switching, david advised removing viewport based mobile mode soon here, awesomerobot offered a /categories style workaround here, and pmcpa warned the change felt rushed here.
UX | Don noted FluentUI emojis now have a white background report, j.jaffeux fixed the asset pipeline commit and merged the update here.
UX | tobiaseigen proposed merging or clarifying two site settings for automatic unpinning; ToddZ suggested a simpler dropdown and Moin debated preserving user choice discussion.
Community | WorldIsMine reported a ~70% drop in organic traffic after Google’s October 2025 update and wondered if site speed (at ~100K users) was to blame full post.
Category Group component malfunction (category-groups): WAO found that the category groups theme component hid all categories, and Arkshine shipped a quick fix in PR #62read more
Disabled plugins still causing performance impact (pr-welcome): tgxworld reported that disabled plugins still affect performance, tagging the issue pri-medium and inviting contributions read more
Help with displaying images in a post: Miro1 sought a gallery/slider with navigation and filter buttons, and Arkshine demoed a Swiper-based prototype in this replyread more
Image Uploads now causing broken links: sandra.mccollum encountered broken images after an upgrade, and renato walked through Markdown mode checks and console inspection read more
After latest update: blank white screen: sandra.mccollum saw a white screen post-update, and supermathie suggested inspecting console errors and request failures read more
Duplicating an entire topic: nordize inquired about cloning topics with revisions, and NateDhaliwal explained ownership tools but noted full duplication isn’t currently supported read more
WCAG dark mode: Mollyvog asked for WCAG-compliant dark mode examples, and tobiaseigen highlighted built-in WCAG palettes as a starting point read more
Is it possible to prioritize custom emojis on the emoji selector? (emoji): Whoa_Ralph wanted custom emojis first in the picker, and awesomerobot shared a CSS tweak to reorder sections read more
Web Crawler user agents – Mastodon agents growing in number: EricGT spotted a surge of Mastodon user agents in the crawler report and asked if they’re legitimate or require action read more
Google OCT 2025 update, drop in organic traffic: eisammy tracked falling clicks after Google’s October algorithm changes despite rising pageviews and user counts read more
Reducing points for flagged users (gamification): Falco explored applying penalties via the Gamification plugin’s API, discussing negative scoring for content flags read more
Announcements – In Current Projects – October 2025, lindsey outlined upcoming admin area improvements and new rich text image grid support read more
and Falco clarified that the AI search toggle is opt-in and embeddings-based discussion
Community – In “Web Crawler user agents – Mastodon agents growing in number”, pmusaraj explained federated crawler behaviors and suggested grouping preview agents by platform read more
and detailed the Mastodon user-agent nuance reply
Community – The White Paper “Safe by Design: How to Protect Your Community Members and Their Privacy” was published, with Bas contributing to the privacy-first conversation read more
and the full paper available here
Theme component – ToddZ reported “Read more” link styling issues in the Discourse Category Headers component issue
while NateDhaliwal added expand/collapse functionality and merged a PR details
Theme component – Filter Favorites by Moin lets admins define default topic filters and users create shortcuts; preview it here
and install via GitHub repo
Support – Turgut_Ordu asked “How to enable Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages”; Moin explained the company_name setting auto-creates these topics solution
and NateDhaliwal pointed to the staff category templates details
Support – In “Emails don’t get through always”, Pink2DS reported inbound email replies being dropped; Moin advised checking the admin email logs for the rejection reason read more
and suggested verifying bounce scores reply
Support – wenqin discovered their forum auto-translates posts to a user’s chosen language; Moin linked to the Content Localization guide with Discourse AI support learn more
and provided setup instructions details
Support – adopilot explored using the API to log out SSO-authenticated users; they referenced the existing logout endpoint docs see thread
and the SSO logout discussion reference
Bug – The fix for merged topics not bumping was shared by christo; the PR is in review discussion
and on GitHub PR #35559
Bug – Canapin highlighted that code-highlighted placeholders prevent default values in theme component previews; the repro and console error are detailed read more
and community feedback is ongoing discussion
Bug – A Twitter login error log causing 500s was traced and resolved; community members debugged it discussion
and the patch is live on GitHub PR #35593
UX – In the draft saving thread, Moin and lindsey updated Discourse to auto-save any content once the composer is closed, removing the 20-character edge case details
and the change is live update
Dev – elmuerte clarified plugin licensing under GPL v2 compatibility and outlined acceptable open-source licenses for Discourse extensions read more
with reference to the licensing guide guide
In UX, supermathie shared screenshots of the cramped admin interface and called for a full-width layout to eliminate horizontal scrolling; ToddZ then tested a quick CSS tweak setting --d-max-width: 100% that instantly improved the email logs view (post 1 • post 3).
In Theme component, pmusaraj praised Moin’s “Filter Favorites” hack for narrowing user-field lists, and sam voiced enthusiasm for eventual first-party support of user theme settings (post 2 • post 4).
In #Site feedback, ToddZ proposed retiring or renaming the legacy #theme-feedback category now that Horizon is default; tobiaseigen promptly removed it and retagged prior discussions under meta-theme-feedback within Site feedback (post 1 • post 3).
In Bug, tobiaseigen investigated reports that the “Shared Edits” plugin sometimes throws 500 errors and loses data in the rich-text editor; sam explained the underlying OT library limitations and outlined plans to migrate to a CRDT approach (post 3 • post 4).
In Support, users struggled with a 500 error installing the Advanced Hero Component; tobiaseigen confirmed the correct Git URL (…/vibecommit-hero.git) and guided on version-conflict troubleshooting, while Moin pinpointed a stale compatibility file from the versatile banner component (post 4 • post 5).
In SSO, NateDhaliwal directed a user to the Discourse ID docs for enabling login via Discourse ID (Enable Discourse ID site setting), linking to How Discourse ID Works read more.
In Dev, tobiaseigen confirmed that missing PluginOutlet blocks were not present in the second-factor .gjs components, repro’d the issue locally, and requested exact repro steps for further diagnosis read more.
In Support, Ethsim2 and Cate_Soule dug into a stuck backup upload at 0%—discovering it was an Nginx hard limit—and detailed an scp-based workaround for macOS users to transfer large tar.gz backups directly read more • read more.
In #Site feedback, tobiaseigen noted that the Meta Branded theme on mobile had excessive vertical spacing compared to Foundation; pfaffman compared screenshots and discussed top-bar real estate trade-offs read more • read more.
In #Site Management, keegan clarified that the sentiment analysis threshold in Discourse AI – Sentiment isn’t user-configurable, responding to s42’s question about customizing the score read more • read more.
In Support, RGJ asked a user for error details after videos failed to upload to S3 even though images succeeded, while wenqin shared screenshots of empty S3 video objects to isolate the misconfiguration read more • read more.
In Feature, noertap kicked off a request to upgrade the official Patreon Discourse plugin from API v1 to v2, linking to the v2 resource docs; Moin later noted that Starter plans no longer include this plugin by default, pointing back to the original Patreon plugin topic read more • read more.
In Support, Turgut_Ordu asked how to embed Discourse comments as raw HTML for SEO benefits rather than iframes, proposing auto-created topics with canonical links—sparked a deeper discussion on canonicalization and UGC embedding patterns read more.
In Bug, KockaAdmiralac described odd behavior with sidebar links under a /d subfolder setup—absolute URLs rewriting to / and admin links displaying incorrectly for all users; pmusaraj is investigating a fix read more • read more.
In Bug, christo confirmed a merged fix to restore bumping for merged topics after reports that title edits were no longer bumping threads—bringing back the old behavior that some communities rely on for visibility read more • read more.
pmusaraj and sam contributed to improving user-field filtering in Filter Favorites, with praise for the current hack and a vision for native theme settings support.
“Can someone tell me if this is a plugin or a theme component?” vivilonger asked if the login/signup prompt was part of a plugin or theme in post 1, and jahan_gagan confirmed it’s core functionality controlled by the enable_signup_cta setting in post 4. read more
“Inquiry About Discourse’s Support for Amazon S3 Storage” wenqin raised cost concerns about S3 CDN vs. egress fees in post 1, and pfaffman advised using a CDN in front of S3 and enabling direct uploads for large videos in post 5. read more
“Occasionally very high CPU load” GeorgSeifert wondered if the setup script should auto-enable swap to mitigate CPU spikes in post 22, and merefield pointed to a swap-space tutorial in post 23. read more
“Pause images optimization upon restore to new instance of server” adopilot asked how to disable image rebakes post-restore to save space in post 1, debating backup sizes versus thumbnail generation. read more
“This version of discourse_docker is not compatible” satonotdead encountered an Nginx outlet error when updating Discourse Docker and asked if a manual container update was needed in post 1. read more
“Add badge for adding profile picture” Steradiant suggested awarding a badge for first-time avatar uploads in post 1, and Moin pointed to the Autobiographer badge’s SQL query as a template in post 2. read more
“Is it possible to set an expiration date for user accounts?” tobiaseigen proposed an automation script for expiring accounts and recommended sharing it in Marketplace in post 5. read more
“RTE: cleanup imported document code” pfaffman advised using Nokogiri and migration scripts to convert Bootstrap-styled Dokuwiki pages to Markdown in post 3 and post 5. read more
“Extend Footnote to include ‘annotations’” rokejulianlockhart backed the request for inline annotations alongside end-of-document footnotes in post 5. read more
“ in js.signup_cta.value_prop in Japanese and Chinese” Moin spotted that :heart: renders in English but not in Japanese/Chinese translations—screenshots posted in post 1. read more
“Some badges are not granted even though they should be” Steradiant reported missing first-steps badges in replies and non-public categories in post 1, and Moin linked to the non-public category badge settings in post 2. read more
“Reaction popup goes off the screen when number of users is long” NateDhaliwal demonstrated that reaction lists misalign on mobile when >7 users react, though a second tap fixes it, in post 1. read more
“Bundling more popular plugins with Discourse core” Ethsim2 asked if bbcode will be promoted to core in light of recent plugin-bundling talks in post 147. read more
in js.signup_cta.value_prop in Japanese and Chinese”