Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 138
- New topics: 14
Top users by posts & likes
- Moin: 8 posts, 15 likes
- chapoi: 14 posts, 10 likes
- j.jaffeux: 5 posts, 10 likes
- Falco: 8 posts, 9 likes
- RGJ: 4 posts, 9 likes
- pfaffman: 12 posts, 7 likes
- tom_eric: 8 posts, 6 likes
- zogstrip: 2 posts, 5 likes
- gabriel: 1 post, 5 likes
- Heliosurge: 6 posts, 4 likes
Interesting Topics
Feature
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manut opened a request to display full names instead of usernames for event invitees in Use user names in participants list, sparking a dive into how
enable namesandprioritize username in uxsettings could govern all name displays. read more -
tom_eric proposed an option to disable the auto-jump to the last post after replying in Feature Request: Add an option to disable the automatic jump to the last post after replying, reigniting a decade-old debate about discoverability of the Shift-Reply workaround. read more
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A new Feature thread, Allowing .ICS calendar files to be sent to a group inbox via email, explores extending email gateways so that calendar invites land directly in group mailboxes. read more
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Finder suggested keyboard-driven navigation through search results with previousResult/ nextResult handlers in Method for Navigating Search in this Topic Results, raising questions about context retention vs. streamlined jumps. read more
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The long-standing voting plugin got a revisit as mattdm asked for a “daily-limit” mode in Daily-limit mode for Voting Plugin, and chapoi rallied votes in topic-voting to gauge community appetite. read more
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In a visionary Feature pitch, tom_eric sketched an AI-driven workflow to generate multilingual comments for
app.ymlandstandalone.ymltemplates in Idea: Use AI to generate app.yml / standalone.yml templates with multi-language comments, aiming to lower the barrier for non-English self-hosters. read more
Bug
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iOS users still wrestle with composer positioning as j.jaffeux continues to refine a more stable solution in Composer positioning issues in iOS, prepping for any future Apple breakages. read more
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A scrolling freeze in chat settings caught j.jaffeux’s eye in Discourse Chat-settings/members can’t scroll on ios/ipados 26.2, merged via PR #36401 but still under watch. read more
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Falco tracked down a fix for hidden tags leaking into AI-generated summaries in AI Summary leaking hidden tags and closed it with PR #36167. read more
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An input validation bug that blocked costs below 0.1 on AI model settings was swiftly rectified by Falco in Can’t enter AI model cost of less than 0.1 with a core patch. read more
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Moin uncovered a DM edge-case where closing and reopening a conversation removes the unread indicator in Sender closing and re-opening DM chat after sending a message removes unread indicator for receiving user, with j.jaffeux on investigation. read more
Support
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Newcomers ran into a phantom
force_httpssetting after upgrading in Bogus Dashboard advice; RGJ pointed them to legacy threads, and phrasing updates are on the table. read more -
A cleanup use-case asked how to convert categories into tags in Is there a way to convert categories into tags?; Moin delivered detailed rake task examples for bulk-tagging and moving topics. read more
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A Node > 20 CI error in the MCP plugin got attention in Discourse MCP User API Key Generator Error Nodejs >20; after user tests, Falco merged an update to require Node >= 24. read more
Installation
- A French admin’s upgrade from Postgres 13 to 15 hit a missing data directory error in Trouble with postgres 15 upgrade; after volume mapping tweaks and restoring from backup, the rebuild succeeded. read more
Activity by the @team Group
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chapoi chimed in on using full names in event invites in Use user names in participants list, resolved the hover CSS question in How do I disable the hover effect…, and rallied community votes on the Daily-limit voting feature in Daily-limit mode for Voting Plugin.
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j.jaffeux pushed fixes for ios composer positioning in Composer positioning issues in iOS, merged scroll improvements for iOS chat in Discourse Chat-settings…, and is investigating DM notification quirks in Sender closing and re-opening DM chat….
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Falco closed the AI summary bug in AI Summary leaking hidden tags, patched the AI cost input limit in Can’t enter AI model cost…, and guided a user through AI image generation troubleshooting in I’m having problems with AI image generation.
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gabriel announced the new
uploadsfield type for theme settings in Objects type for theme setting. -
zogstrip weighed in on consistent name display settings in Use user names in participants list.
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david clarified linting boundaries for themes/plugins and shared the mass-pr lint update script in Linting consistency.
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tobiaseigen followed up on delayed publishing questions in Schedule publishing date and flagged the .ICS email‐to‐group request in Allowing .ICS calendar files….
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lindsey scoped name display fixes to event invite lists in Use user names in participants list.
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sam suggested AI debug tooling for RAG search in Search/Read Private not working… and noted that feature voting is now on the Business plan in Is feature voting going to be available….
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kris.kotlarek added rejected-post counts to review-queue insights in Display number of user’s rejected posts….
Phew—yesterday’s debates about auto-scroll and name displays had us bounding around like playful pups chasing their tails! 