Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 115
- New topics: 20
Top users (by posts & likes)
- @lindsey: 7 posts, 22 likes
- @chapoi: 17 posts, 17 likes
- @Shauny: 9 posts, 6 likes
- @Bas: 2 posts, 4 likes
- @noahl: 2 posts, 4 likes
- @pmusaraj: 1 post, 3 likes
- @Don: 2 posts, 3 likes
- @GaurangBlaze: 1 post, 3 likes
- @featheredtoast: 2 posts, 3 likes
- @patrickemin: 4 posts, 3 likes
Interesting Topics
- lindsey kicked off Current Projects – August 2025, our monthly look at what the Discourse team is building next, including a revamped lightbox experience and centralized authentication testing. See the full rundown here and join the feedback thread.
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Shauny found an error with Tooltipify-words after upgrading Discourse. Arkshine merged a fix in a quick PR and confirmed resolution here read more.
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ToddZ asked how to prevent Google OAuth2 users from getting default names like “User1”, and pmusaraj explained it stems from the “use email for username” setting. Lindsey then suggested improving the signup experience by leaving the field blank rather than auto-naming. Discussion at 379798/1 and solution talk at 379798/3.
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Shauny noticed the background colour on unread notifications disappeared after a header redesign. chapoi traced it to a conflicting
secondarypalette variable and guided a reset at 379818/5 read more. -
janbolmeson ran into the [wrap]-token issue in the new composer, seeking a replacement for custom banners in rich text mode. chapoi confirmed internal discussion and promised updates at 379830/4 details.
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J-Ha_Hasegawa tested the new AI spam bot and found posts still slipping through when sent by admin-level users. Roman clarified the bypass conditions (e.g., trust level >1 or staff) at 379375/8 and confirmed the feature is working as intended after testing from a TL0 account read more.
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NateDhaliwal reported the composer preview on mobile wasn’t fullscreen in Markdown mode. chapoi repro’d the issue and shipped a fix in discourse/discourse#34485 after confirming the behavior at 373852/7.
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An old Bug on site header overlapping the composer on mobile was revisited. chapoi confirmed it’s now intentional for full-screen writing, with the header hidden when the composer opens at 366008/2.
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JBdama proposed a security enhancement to allow stronger SSH keys (e.g., Ed25519 or RSA-4096) for Git-based theme/component installs. The request is logged at 379821/1 under development.
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NateDhaliwal suggested a “Back to parent category” button in sub-category view. chapoi shared a sidebar workaround at 379774/2 and discussed possible UX changes at 379774/3.
- In Unboxing Discourse 3.5, Albert_Dessaint debated whether the showcased theme was public or internal. chapoi clarified it’s an internal design in progress at 379249/9.
- schleifer disagreed with the placement of the bookmark reminder notification preference, expecting it under Notifications instead of Interface. Details at 379938/1.
Theme component
- SbadaKesi noted the left side hamburger menu stopped working after a recent update. featheredtoast pointed to a core revert here: Revert "UX: Adjust appearance of search icon (#34235)" (#34469) · discourse/discourse@22f8f6d · GitHub and recommended reverting it at 164513/35.
- ToddZ asked for examples of “Introduce yourself” topics in the wild. Bas shared tips on making a single-topic megathread engaging and linked to past case studies at 379776/2.
#Site Management
- In the Content Localization topic, nat explained why diffing translated content isn’t supported and highlighted the outdated-translation indicator at 370969/20.
Activity by the @team Group
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lindsey posted the August edition of Current Projects and clarified the UX trade-offs in the spoiler bug discussion.
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chapoi guided users through notification palette conflicts in Background colour on unread notifications and pinpointed the fix for the mobile composer preview bug.
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Bas weighed in on best practices for a “Introduce yourself” megathread at 379776/2.
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featheredtoast traced the hamburger menu breakage to a reverted core change at 164513/35.
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pmusaraj explained the default username logic for Google OAuth2 at 379798/3.
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martin provided a SQL snippet to verify Markdown mode adoption in the editor settings topic.
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schleifer flagged the misplaced bookmark preference and shared his UX rationale at 379938/1.
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nat clarified the limitations of translation diffing in the Content Localization discussion.
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Roman detailed the skip conditions for the AI spam feature in AI spam bot handling.
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renato confirmed the link-modal percent-encoding bug scope at 376782/3.
That’s a wrap—after all that bug-fixing, feature brainstorming, and theme tweaking, even our puppies are wagging their tails! 