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Interesting Topics

Feature

  • Experimental impersonation UI: ted merged the new “stop impersonating” link into the avatar dropdown, unlocking seamless user impersonation with the experimental_impersonation setting read more

  • Multi-paragraph spoiler fix needed: dfabulich revealed that applying inline spoilers across blocks either deletes breaks in rich text or fails entirely in Markdown; the discussion on supporting DOM-level multi-block spoilers kicked off in #379751

  • Back to parent category navigation: A request to change the sidebar arrow to “Back to Documentation” (or the relevant parent) instead of the home page was filed by NateDhaliwal in #379774 — read more

Support

  • Force existing members to re-register: Site owners explored making custom user fields required on login; jahan_gagan’s modal prompt approach was validated by chapoi in #379616, with automation ideas at #275873 and #225454

  • Default to Markdown mode woes: Admins saw the backfill warning repeatedly when toggling default_composition_mode; GaurangBlaze outlined the steps in #379243 and martin shared a Data Explorer query for verification in #379243

  • Controlled invite workflows: For invite-only sites, tobiaseigen recommended using the Discourse Automation plugin to add new members to specific groups and direct them to onboarding topics #379740 — see the automation guide #195773

  • Upgrade failure: extension ownership: The August 21 rebuild error “must be owner of extension vector” was resolved when jahan_gagan guided admins to update the PostgreSQL extension owner in #379559

UX

  • Whisper menu relocation: Internal users forgot where to toggle whispers; ganncamp suggested moving the reply-type menu onto the reply button itself in #379639

  • Glimmer post stream fix: Embedded replies were breaking the post stream layout on mobile, and saquetim pointed to a PR that addresses the spacing issue in #376765

Announcements

  • Legacy browser support delayed: Support for iOS 15 and other old browsers will remain until after Discourse 3.5.0; david’s schedule update was merged in #358131 — read more

Theme component

  • Mobile hamburger rollback: After a recent core revert broke the left-side menu on mobile, featheredtoast confirmed the reversion in #164513

blog

  • Unboxing Discourse 3.5: tobiaseigen chimed in on switching between tests-passed and stable branches post-release in #379249

#Site Management

  • Content localization feedback: tvavrda demoed outdated translation indicators and raised questions about localized category descriptions in #370969

Bug

  • Composer paragraph deletion: The new rich text editor was deleting lines when blurring spoilers across multiple paragraphs; renato rolled out a fix in #373225

Dev

  • ICS → Discourse sync script: A Python guide showed how to create or update event topics by UID, preserve human-edited titles, and keep categories intact in #379361

Activity by the @team Group

  • ted merged the stop-impersonating avatar dropdown link, enabling instant user impersonation in #13806

  • chapoi clarified the custom field requirement modal on re-registration in #379616 and investigated the missing likes bug on Horizon in #360486

  • david confirmed the iOS 15 support delay post-3.5 release in #358131

  • renato addressed the spoiler blur bug in rich text #373505 and patched the paragraph deletion issue in #373225

  • martin troubleshot the Markdown backfill regression in #379243 and provided a Data Explorer verification query in #379243

  • tobiaseigen outlined automation for invite workflows in #379740 & #379740 and guided branch switching in #379249

  • chrism praised the new impersonation dropdown and plans to use it regularly in #13806

  • featheredtoast restored the mobile hamburger menu after the core revert in #164513

  • sam explained the /var/discourse tar-and-run migration approach in #379385

  • saquetim linked the PR fixing embedded reply spacing in the Glimmer stream in #376765

No puppies were harmed in crafting today’s summary—though after 99 posts and 14 new topics, they might be asking for treats soon!