Dagelijkse samenvatting (21.00 uur UTC)

DiscourseHub freezing on launch (discourse-hub): Jagster reported that the DiscourseHub app on iPadOS 26.0.1 locks up right after initial load. pmusaraj reproduced the issue and pushed a fix to TestFlight; users can now try the beta build here. read more
Backup downloads not starting (backups): when clicking the backup link, nothing ever downloads. pmusaraj diagnosed that triggering a backup during updates can block the process in the Docker manager (post #6), and RGJ confirmed browser-based wget still fails without a session (post #7). read more
Review queue glitch in Horizon theme (review-queue fixed): the review queue wouldn’t render under Horizon until recent fixes were merged. nathank verified in post #5 that the accessibility patch now makes the queue work seamlessly. read more

iOS 26 fixed-position elements bug (ios ios-26): JanS confirmed that on the iOS 26.1 beta, fixed-position UI elements still misbehave in the Discourse mobile view (post #34). Users are advised to file a report via Apple’s Feedback Assistant. read more

Arabic search normalization (search pr-welcome localization rtl): Osama labeled improvements to Hamza variants, Ya/Kaf forms, and orthographic equivalence as pr-welcome in post #7. The proposal builds on Unicode NFKC plus custom mappings to unify Persian-Arabic queries. read more
Doc categories plugin enhancements (doc-categories): cmdntd suggested editable sub-menu icons, rich-text menu labels, collapsible dropdowns, and nested indexes. nat split it into a voting thread in post #2 so the community can prioritize. read more
Tag icons via tag groups workaround (tag-icons): Moin demonstrated a Data Explorer SQL query that aggregates a tag-group’s icons and colors into the tag_icon_config string (post #8). This speeds up bulk configuration for theme components. read more
Impersonation preserves last seen (impersonate): ted announced that with the hidden experimental_impersonation setting, last_seen_at will no longer update when admins impersonate users. The change is tracked in PR #34872 and discussed in post #7. read more

Large-thread pagination slowdown: after an update, 68 k-reply topics time out or fail to cache. awesomerobot attributed it to mega-topic regressions and suggested reviewing glimmer optimizations in post #3. read more
Last IP shows 172.17.0.1: Tealk saw every user’s last IP as 172.17.0.1 on an ARM Hetzner server. Jagster speculated it’s the Docker bridge interface in post #2. read more
New replies need manual refresh: patrickemin reported that live updates stopped showing replies until a full page reload. The issue is under investigation in post #1. read more
Mute all but watched categories: hellekin wanted to mute every category except those with “watch first post.” Moin provided a Data Explorer query to output a pipe-delimited list for group settings in post #2. read more
Lock/pin posts in auto-delete topics: one1 asked if selected replies can avoid timed deletion. Moin pointed out the skip_auto_delete_reply_likes option in post #2. read more
ActivityPub posts as links (activitypub): skarnio found federated posts publishing only as links instead of full articles. The community is debugging in post #1. read more
MyBB integration in Discourse app: Lyvyoo asked for a Tapatalk-style bridge to avoid migrating MyBB forums. The feasibility discussion kicked off in post #1. read more

Activity by the @team Group

pmusaraj investigated the DiscourseHub freezing bug in post #3 and rolled out a TestFlight beta, then triaged the backup download problem in post #6.
awesomerobot diagnosed timeouts and caching regressions for large threads in post #3.
chapoi chimed in on pagination issues in post #2.
Osama added a pr-welcome for the Arabic search normalization proposal in post #7.
supermathie asked about Unicode NFKC and the search cooking pipeline in post #9.
nat moved the doc-categories suggestions into a voting thread in post #2.
mae explained why new sites aren’t yet in Discourse Discover in post #6.
tobiaseigen highlighted praise for the bypass_bump REST API option in post #6.
ted outlined how the new impersonation feature keeps last_seen_at intact in post #7.

After a day of frozen apps, mega-topics, and pinning tricks, let’s hope tomorrow’s summary comes with fewer timeouts and more emojis!

system · 3 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 69
New topics: 7

Top users (posts, likes):

patrickemin (10 posts, 8 likes)
Moin (6 posts, 8 likes)
tshenry (4 posts, 6 likes)
Lilly (4 posts, 6 likes)
Shauny (2 posts, 4 likes)
Falco (3 posts, 4 likes)
kelv (2 posts, 4 likes)
NateDhaliwal (4 posts, 3 likes)
ToddZ (2 posts, 3 likes)
chapoi (2 posts, 2 likes)

Interesting Topics

Theme component

patrickemin encountered a console error causing new replies to be hidden until a manual refresh in the Trust-Level Avatar Flair component. tshenry then pushed two fixes—first addressing a deprecation notice 127 and then resolving the display issue 129 so that replies appear instantly again. read more

Users reported being unable to access their ‘My Themes’ in the Theme Creator, encountering a 404 error on the theme-creator page. NateDhaliwal first flagged the issue 384595/1 and Lilly confirmed it only affected non-admin routing 384595/2, leading to a forthcoming routing overhaul. read more
A pull request to fix repetitive replies when clicking the expand button was approved and merged after kelv’s review and guidance on simplifying the code in 382282/18. This addresses pr-welcome feedback and tidies up the reply expansion behavior. read more
Feedback highlighted that the Hide Details section is open by default in the new editor, confusing both new and veteran users. lindsey agreed to make an exception to default-close these boxes 377645/17 and pledged a follow-up on timing. composer hide-details read more
A report showed switch/toggle buttons remain LTR-aligned in RTL languages, contrary to Material guidelines. discojan provided screenshots 384634/1, prompting a planned UI tweak for rtl support. read more

Several users found that new replies do not display without a manual refresh outside of Safe Mode. patrickemin traced it to the Trust-Level Avatar Flair theme component 384551/4, and NateDhaliwal confirmed the fix restored real-time reply updates 384551/9. read more
A user asked how to integrate MyBB into the Discourse mobile experience without a full migration. Falco clarified there is no native mobile app—DiscourseHub uses the web interface—and suggested a migration via Marketplace for a seamless Discourse experience 384571/2. read more
In DiscourseHub, site owners reported their large site icon wasn’t rendering, falling back to a “T”. pmusaraj traced the issue to basic-info.json URLs 384647/4, explaining which icon fields the app actually uses. discourse-hub read more
A question about DeepSeek’s JSON response format producing a 400 error led Falco to clarify that “JSON mode” is deprecated in modern OpenAI structured outputs 384640/4. ai read more
Users configuring a MaxMind license key still saw “Location: Unknown” in IP lookups despite organization data appearing. MoRanYue provided logs 384596/2 and the cause is under investigation. unsupported-install maxmind read more
When writing [link](example.com) without https://, links looked clickable but weren’t active. one1 demonstrated the bug 384591/1, prompting a review of the Markdown parser. read more

On Android tablets, forum entries in DiscourseHub jump after opening when there are no unread topics. Moin recorded a half-speed video 384604/1 and pmusaraj said a fix is coming. discourse-hub read more
Minor tweaks to logos and icons in core settings were suggested by @Nathan and passed on by Lilly 384420/3. These adjustments will improve customization consistency. read more

A longstanding request to show more than three emojis in the post reactions preview was revived by Shauny, who argued that chat’s three-emoji limit feels too restrictive 227785/47. reactions read more

Activity by the @team Group

tshenry investigated and deployed two successive fixes for the Trust-Level Avatar Flair component issue, ultimately confirming the problem was resolved in post 131.
Lilly reproduced and debugged the My Themes access bug in Theme Creator across multiple browsers, identifying that only non-admin routing was affected.
Falco clarified migration vs. integration in the MyBB mobile thread and explained the deprecation of “JSON mode” on the DeepSeek issue 384640/4.
kelv reviewed and merged the PR addressing repetitive replies on expand click in 382282/18, thanking the contributor and simplifying the code.
chapoi confirmed that disabling the Trust-Level Avatar Flair TC fixed the real-time reply issue in 384551/6 and also weighed in on #377645 to default-close Hide Details sections 377645/16.
Roman delivered a fix for the Chinese AI-helper prompts bug via

github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35150 on the ai-helper topic.
martin landed the patch to prevent title edits from bumping topics in 383576/10, ensuring that metadata changes stay quiet.
lindsey agreed to change the default-closed behavior for Hide Details sections in the editor, citing #377645 feedback.
pmusaraj responded with a fix timeline for the DiscourseHub jump issue 384604/2 and detailed the icon source for Maker Forums in Hub 384647/4.
tobiaseigen suggested using Discourse’s incoming-email feature as a workaround for sensor-driven notifications in IoT setups 383924/4.

It’s been a pupperific day—no puppies were harmed, only pesky bugs got squashed!

system · 4 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

50 new posts and 10 new topics created between 2025-10-03 and 2025-10-04.
Top contributors:
- Moin: 12 posts, 20 likes (e.g. his solution in Fast typing threshold notification).
- jrgong: 1 post, 5 likes (see Suggestion: Move post(s) modal).
- NateDhaliwal: 3 posts, 4 likes (reported mobile logo change in 384672/1).
- merefield: 3 posts, 3 likes (added TLP emoji support, see 209973/674).
- mcdanlj: 1 post, 3 likes (DiscourseHub icon workaround, see 384647/5).
- chapoi: 1 post, 2 likes (clarified mobile header space, 384672/5).
- Joshua8600: 1 post, 2 likes (question on DMs/chat controls, 384698/1).
- adamengst: 1 post, 2 likes (Safari quote-button insight, 384413/8).
- Tealk: 2 posts, 2 likes (reported fast-typing muting, 384664/1).
- pfaffman: 1 post, 1 like (on email activation loops, 384684/2).

Interesting Topics

Bundling more popular plugins with Discourse core: Moin highlighted that the cakeday plugin is now merged into core in PR #35172.

Fast typing threshold notification: Tealk reported being unaware when users are muted due to high typing speed; Moin pointed to the new Notify mods when user silenced setting in this discussion.
No Google signup options in users invite (invites google-login): n1rjal found that invite links omit social login buttons; this echoes earlier feedback in invite-only with external accounts and a feature request at invite experience could be more streamlined with social logins.
How to Disable ALL User-to-User DMs/Chat (personal-messages): Joshua8600 asked how to fully block personal messaging without disrupting staff communication; Moin detailed group-level PM settings in this topic.
IP location still remains unknown when MaxMind license key configured (unsupported-install maxmind): MoRanYue resolved GeoLite2 download restrictions by manually fetching the database from GitHub as shown in post #3.
Returning 500 when requesting users’ custom avatars (unsupported-install s3 users): avidseeker’s 500 errors on avatar fetch were fixed by setting HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY in the container, per MoRanYue’s walk-through in post #9.

#Site feedback

Site logo only shows ‘D’ not ‘Discourse’ (mobile): NateDhaliwal noticed the header logo shrink on mobile; tobiaseigen and chapoi confirmed the change was intentional for a cleaner nav bar (see post #1).

Hide custom user fields on signup form (user-custom-fields): hugh’s new site setting conceals extra fields during registration; Moin verified the updated UI in post #23.
Make chat email notifications independent of general email preferences (notifications email chat): Moin discovered chat notifications respect the main email level and proposed decoupling via chat/mailer.rb#L45.

Suggestion: Move posts modal improvement: jrgong proposed showing the 5 most recently visited topics in the “Move posts to existing topic” UX modal, complete with a mockup attachment post #1.

Plugin

Plugin updates: The official cakeday plugin moved into core per Ethsim2 (post #229), and the Mumble VOIP plugin received new patches from sunjam in post #13.

Theme component

Topic List Previews (TLP): merefield enriched TLP with emoji support and optional excerpts; see post #673 and post #674.

Editing timestamp of a 1-post topic prevents bumping: Title/tag edits weren’t bumping topics, but martin’s fix is now live—discussion at post #7.
Adding an invalid tag to a topic creates a whisper post (pr-welcome tags): TethysPlex’s GitHub PR 35187 addresses the hidden whisper side-effect.

blog

Community Fragmentation: When Growth Becomes Your Obstacle: eisammy explored moderator autonomy and culture balance in this thought-provoking post #2.

Activity by the @team Group

chapoi clarified header logic and breathing room in the Site logo only shows ‘D’ not ‘Discourse’ thread [384672/5].
supermathie confirmed Sidekiq and worker overrides in the Is there a way I can send email notifications faster? topic [383103/15].
mcwumbly reviewed bump-on-edit feedback in New way to track edits on wiki posts? [383582/18] and contributed to the resolution in Editing timestamp of a 1-post topic prevents bumping [384225/7].
tobiaseigen helped clarify mobile header changes in Site logo only shows ‘D’ not ‘Discourse’ [384672/2] and weighed in on the Safari quote-button edge case in Quote button not appearing in Safari [384413/5].

Here’s hoping your avatars stay 200 × 200, your cake days remain sweet, and your chat notifications arrive exactly when you want them!

system · 5 oktober 2025 om 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

56 new posts admin dashboard
9 new topics admin dashboard
Top Users (last 24 h)
- @pfaffman (5 posts, 8 likes)
- @Suelen_Calonga (2 posts, 6 likes)
- @tobiaseigen (5 posts, 6 likes)
- @Falco (2 posts, 4 likes)
- @chapoi (4 posts, 3 likes)
- @Aurora (1 post, 2 likes)
- @Smooth_Play (3 posts, 2 likes)
- @Moin (3 posts, 2 likes)
- @patrickemin (5 posts, 1 like)
- @jrgong (6 posts, 1 like)
Top @team Members
- @tobiaseigen (5 posts, 6 likes)
- @Falco (2 posts, 4 likes)
- @chapoi (4 posts, 3 likes)
- @HAWK (1 post, 0 likes)

Interesting Topics

Feature: Suelen_Calonga proposed native voice message recording with automatic audio‐to‐text transcription to boost accessibility on mobile devices, sparking a debate on client‐side vs. server‐side dictation. pfaffman then suggested a quick prototype via a theme component and the existing AI plugin, even pointing to his open source transcribe-with-whisper tool. 384719/1 · 384719/5 · AI plugin
Support: Smooth_Play fixed the missing Discourse AI translation icon by adjusting the AI translation max post length and backfill age settings, while Falco clarified the underlying content localization manual & automatic workflow and revealed the hidden content_localization_max_locales setting. 384710/3 · 384710/5 · content localization
Support: patrickemin asked how to generate a list of unanswered questions requiring solutions, and tobiaseigen showcased the Filter plugin with custom triage links for support, bugs, and UX. He also pointed to NateDhaliwal’s Quick-add Tags To Topic component as a potential helper. 384723/5
Support: winterk0rn struggled to download backups until tobiaseigen’s simple advice—try a different browser—uncovered quirks in email-to-browser link handling. 384437/9
Support: New self-hosters kept receiving activation emails; pfaffman traced the culprit to SMTP authentication errors on the mail server. 384684/5
Support: Picho_Pelis needed to delete default categories but hit “chat channels exist” blocks. chapoi walked through deleting both the category and its associated chat channels step by step. 384701/2 · 384701/6
Support: Community managers explored how to disable all user-to-user DMs/chat without breaking other features, debating group DM restrictions and edited default message prompts. 384698/3
Support: Users wondered why some tags stay invisible; Moin explained that tags on secure categories only appear if Include secure categories in tag counts is enabled. 384673/4
#Translations: tvavrda noticed min_first_post_typing_time still in Crowdin despite being replaced by fast_typing_threshold; Moin confirmed it’s hidden for backward compatibility. 384711/2
UX: Aurora requested that full event descriptions (location, Zoom links, etc.) be included when exporting to calendars; the calendar-and-event plugin’s export options were discussed. 384713/1
UX: NateDhaliwal highlighted inconsistent casing in post menu action titles across locales, prompting a look at uppercase vs. lowercase standards in client.en.yml. 384715/1
Theme component: jrgong confirmed the Left-side hamburger menu TC didn’t apply on Discourse 3.5.1—icons stubbornly stayed on the right—spotlighting version compatibility. 164513/38 · hamburger TC
Theme component: jrgong tested the Discourse Category Headers component with PNG vs. SVG logos and reported dark-mode inconsistencies. 148682/161 · 148682/162
Theme component: patrickemin explored the Quick-add Tags To Topic TC, querying auto-close timers and category-agnostic tagging. 383271/3
Theme component: Joseph_Hansen integrated the Image comparison slider into his theme but ran into HTML handling quirks in the rich text editor. 264479/28

Activity by the @team Group

tobiaseigen chimed in on the voice message feature with personal use cases cf. 384719/2, guided backup download troubleshooting 384437/9, and demonstrated triage filters for unanswered questions 384723/5.
Falco clarified Discourse AI translation behavior in Why Is the Discourse AI Translation Icon Not Appearing? 384710/3 and revealed the hidden content_localization_max_locales setting 384710/5.
chapoi provided a step-by-step on deleting categories and chat channels in Ayuda como eliminar categorías y canales 384701/6 and advised on theme metrics in Horizon Theme 360486/38.
HAWK explained the design rationale behind avatar omissions in the Horizon Theme component 360486/40.

Thanks to yesterday’s lively troubleshooting, may your backups always download smoothly, your voice notes transcribe perfectly, and no puppies ever go hungry in the world of Discourse!

system · 6 oktober 2025 om 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 90
Total new topics: 8

Top users:

Moin – 8 posts, 13 likes
RGJ – 4 posts, 9 likes
kelv – 2 posts, 7 likes
merefield – 7 posts, 7 likes
zogstrip – 2 posts, 5 likes
Suelen_Calonga – 1 post, 5 likes
alexjacoby – 3 posts, 5 likes
tobiaseigen – 10 posts, 4 likes
NateDhaliwal – 3 posts, 4 likes
Rubi – 2 posts, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Bug (content-localization)

RGJ discovered that Google’s appended ?tl parameter was unexpectedly translating logged-in elements in “?tl parameter behaving oddly”, sparking deeper discussion on user vs. anonymous translation scopes. read more

Dev

The Dev category saw tobiaseigen relocate plugin customization conversation to “Creating a component to show last-chance warning when replying to old topics”, encouraging the creation of custom confirmation dialogs in the post stream. read more

#Extras (calendar-and-event, rest-api)

In ICS → Discourse Importer, Ethsim2 outlined an adapter-driven, idempotent import path for ICS feeds vs. bundling in the Calendar plugin in “ICS → Discourse Importer”, comparing Python scripts to native plugin approaches. read more

Feature (accessibility)

A compelling pitch for native voice message recording and automatic transcription by Suelen_Calonga championed accessibility and ease of posting in “Feature request: Native Voice Message Recording & Automatic Audio Transcription”. read more
In Feature, lindsey confirmed plans to separate chat email notifications from general email prefs, teasing independent toggles in “Make chat email notifications independent of general email level preference”. read more

Installation

A newcomer’s site-update panic in “I broke my site while updating it” was soothed by step-by-step plugin removal and ./launcher rebuild app advice from pfaffman and Moin. read more

#Integrations (SSO, discourseconnect)

Aspiring self-hosters debated testing SSO on Hobby plans in “Setup DiscourseConnect – Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso)”, as devaoc looked to preview Discourse Connect without paying. read more

Praise

The Praise topic “Share your Discourse testimonial here!” continued to fill with heartfelt reflections from eisammy and Rubi about their Discourse journeys. read more

#SiteFeedback (notifications)

A #SiteFeedback quirk where notification avatars showed the system icon instead of the actual replier was flagged in “Notification avatar of user shows system, not replied user”, prompting ideas for overlapping user avatars. read more

#SiteManagement (how-to, user-custom-fields)

Admins explored Auth0 claim mapping to Discourse fields in “Creating and configuring custom user fields”, discussing automated SSO-to-custom-variable flows. read more

Theme (official, horizon-theme)

In the Theme “Horizon Theme”, HAWK demonstrated the built-in post metrics and explained why extra avatars are omitted by design in “Horizon Theme”. read more

#ThemeComponent (tags)

Theme devs refined the Quick-add Tags To Topic component as NateDhaliwal weighed optional fields and button sizing in “Quick-add Tags To Topic”. read more

UX (UX, Bug)

A minor UX mismatch where “Billing” lacked the SVG-only style in the user menu was caught in “Minor UI mismatches in user-menu-billing button”, and kelv swiftly merged a fix for the missing <span> wrapper. read more
Android forum entries were jumping on launch in “Forum entries jump on Android app after opening the app”, with pmusaraj promising a push to the Play Store. read more
UX experts spotted missing location and description fields in ICS exports in “ Question: Include event details when saving to calendar”, fueling a new calendar-and-event bug report. read more

Activity by the @team Group

kelv reviewed the UX billing button mismatch in post 2 of “Minor UI mismatches in user-menu-billing button”, traced the missing span wrap, and approved the merged fix in post 5.
zogstrip tackled the Bug in watched-word regex by responding in “Watched word regular expression crash (2025)” and driving a PR to GitHub. read the bug & view PR
tobiaseigen nurtured the Praise thread in “Share your Discourse testimonial here!” and steered AI reply discussions by moving plugin ideas in “Suggestions for displaying AI response areas beneath threads”.
HAWK clarified avatar and metric display in the Horizon Theme during conversation on post counts and view indicators.
lindsey committed to decouple chat notifications from general email settings in “Make chat email notifications independent of general email level preference”, promising user-level controls soon.
meghna delivered a Theme patch by merging fixes in the Mint repo, as noted in post 66 of “Mint Theme” and the GitHub commit.
Falco supported plugin-driven AI response areas by endorsing the customization path in “Suggestions for displaying AI response areas beneath threads”.
ted merged the fix for review-flag resolution in “Review item not generated when flag is resolved by ‘Take Action…’ feature”, landing code in both main and stable.
pmusaraj pushed a user experience update for the Android app layout in “Forum entries jump on Android app after opening the app”, slated for the next Play Store release.

Between span fixes, ICS imports, and voice-note dreams, meta.discourse.org is buzzing—no puppies were harmed in the process!

system · 7 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

124 new posts
18 new topics

Top users:

NateDhaliwal: 8 posts, 13 likes
david: 5 posts, 11 likes
Moin: 5 posts, 7 likes
chapoi: 5 posts, 6 likes
Nacho_Caballero: 2 posts, 6 likes
Shauny: 7 posts, 6 likes
supermathie: 3 posts, 5 likes
Discourse: 1 post, 5 likes
Lilly: 1 post, 4 likes
JustinZ: 1 post, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Support

Support (ios, UX, Bug): Shauny filed an issue with iOS Safari flickering, jumpy scrolling, and unresponsive toolbar buttons on home-screen bookmarks. david traced this to iOS 26 geometry bugs in post #2 and clarified version confusion in post #5.
Support: A user asked why category and channel links open in the same tab; chapoi explained that the default behavior is to open links in-place and pointed to user interface settings in post #3 and post #4.
Support (ai, content-localization): Smooth_Play reported the missing “planet” icon for forced translations in Discourse AI Translator; Moin revealed the need to add addTranslation to the post menu site setting in post #2 and Smooth_Play confirmed success in post #3.
Support (email-templates): Thanatermesis discovered duplicated and broken email templates; tobiaseigen and Moin guided on using the Revert Changes button at /admin/customize/email_templates in post #5 and pointed to the recent fix in post #9.

UX

UX (css, fixed): Nacho_Caballero noted multi-word “Inbox” overflow in the Spanish translation; chapoi validated a CSS fix with a pull request in post #3.
UX: JustinZ reported poor discoverability of the admins’ inbox; chapoi moved the topic to UX for tracking and acknowledged the need for a future design overhaul in post #2.
UX (discourse-hub): trs80 observed that the Android app now launches Chrome instead of the in-app Firefox engine; pmusaraj is investigating the underlying library changes in post #6 after seeing Chrome load and authentication issues.

Dev

Dev: NateDhaliwal ran into a puzzling TypeError using <LightDarkImg />; david pinpointed an extra set of parentheses in the Ember template and demonstrated the fix in post #4.
Dev: Honeyxilia requested documentation for writing migration scripts; the community is reviewing available migration code examples but no direct guide exists yet, as seen in post #1.

Plugin

Plugin (experimental): Alteras added emoji and color-square support to the Collections plugin; nathank praised the documentation and feature set in post #7 and discussed per-tag use cases in post #8.

Feature

Feature (composer): renato announced support for pasting embedded images from Google Docs/Word/Pages in the rich text editor; this auto-uploads and inlines images, user testing requested in post #4.

Theme component

Theme component: VibeCommit introduced the Advanced Hero Component for customizable hero sections; see the summary table and install guide in post #1.

Bug

Bug (calendar-and-event): one1 logged Holidays::InvalidRegion exceptions flooding their logs; selase traced this to removed region definitions and suggested updating user preferences in post #2.
Bug: Nacho_Caballero found that “resend confirmation email” adds duplicate addresses; this was reproduced in post #1 and is queued for a fix.
Bug (email, sidekiq): anoedo’s community experienced endless duplicate registration emails with Tencent SMTP; early troubleshooting advice was requested in post #1.

Activity by the @team Group

david diagnosed iOS Safari geometry issues in Awful experience in iOS Safari and guided Ember template corrections in Using LightDarkImg throws error.
chapoi clarified link behavior in Why don’t category and channels links open in new tab?, re-categorized Admins inbox lacks discoverability to UX, and confirmed the CSS patch for Inbox multi word styling issue.
supermathie explained email template versioning and revert steps in Duplicated email templates with wrong contents.
Lilly outlined preference settings for external links in Why don’t category and channels links open in new tab?.
tobiaseigen highlighted inbox discoverability feedback in Admins inbox lacks discoverability.
pmusaraj investigated the Android app’s browser engine change in Forum entries jump on Android app after opening the app.
selase traced holiday region mismatches and proposed graceful handling in Job exception: Holidays::InvalidRegion.
renato confirmed and demonstrated rich-text image paste support in Support for pasting rich text with inline images from Google Docs / Word / Pages.

After wading through flickering screens, CSS tweaks, and calendar bugs, our roundup is as feature-packed as Discourse itself—onward to another day of innovation!

system · 8 oktober 2025 om 21:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts (24h): 109
Total new topics (24h): 13
Top contributors:
- Moin – 14 posts, 12 likes
- tobiaseigen – 9 posts, 5 likes
- Falco – 3 posts, 7 likes
- rokejulianlockhart – 5 posts, 3 likes
- chapoi – 3 posts, 3 likes
- Lee_Ars – 2 posts, 3 likes
- haydenjames – 2 posts, 3 likes
- Lilly – 2 posts, 4 likes
- martin – 2 posts, 4 likes
- VibeCommit – 1 post, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Lee_Ars discovered a dimensions mismatch after switching from embedding-001 to gemini-embedding-001 in the Discourse AI plugin, seeing an “expected 768 dimensions, not 3072” error see initial report and Falco confirmed that configuring 3072-dimension vectors is fully supported and that old embeddings will be cleaned up in a background task solution.
Picho_Pelis asked Cómo configuro Discourse AI to generate thread content automatically; distastefulanchovi walked through Admin > Settings > Discourse AI to enable it initial question and provided the step-by-step setup solution.
Joe_F wanted to add a custom navigation bar next to the logo in the header; chapoi pointed to the Custom Header Links component as a quick solution after the original post view discussion.
strk shared a regex to block spammer registration attempts via domains matching /.*@service\..*\.cn/; lnicola and tobiaseigen then clarified how to preserve backslashes in code blocks so the pattern isn’t mangled in Markdown read more.
klevent encountered a mysterious error when posting a code block, leading tobiaseigen to split the discussion into a fresh Support topic and ask for repro steps in safe mode.
Jim_Starkweather detailed mounting an attached AWS disk for uploads and backups, and distastefulanchovi explained how to adjust the uploads_path in app.yml so new files go to the new drive see reply.
emyoulation reported that CSS doesn’t load when hotlinking to a Streamlit app in Firefox, even though the Discourse preview renders fine, sparking cross-origin debugging around hotlinks details.
peternlewis asked how to disable gzip during backups initial question; after running a cleanup task to reclaim space intermediate fix, pfaffman suggested adding --gzip to the tar command to avoid the issue altogether recommendation.

rokejulianlockhart and pfaffman debated adding .svg as a default upload extension with robust sanitization; pfaffman opened a PR to update the allowed extensions in Discourse core discussion and the corresponding GitHub PR.
denvergeeks questioned why All site Settings links don’t point to /admin/site_settings/category/all_results; chapoi and martin then drafted a quick PR to streamline the sidebar navigation see thread.
ducks kicked off a proposal to improve AWS S3 authentication settings by renaming s3_use_iam_profile and gathering user setups; Jagster chimed in with his environment variables approach for multisite clusters initial post reply.
TechnologyStar suggested sending deletion notices and logging admin-initiated topic removals for transparency, prompting a discussion on moderation UX and audit trails proposal.
tobiaseigen and Damian revisited #352543 to allow separate SEO fields—title, description, meta title, and meta description—for tags (and categories) to boost search appearance while keeping on-site readability in-depth.

Moin and serkhelesheyi tracked down an issue where direct messages sometimes don’t update the chat icon badge on Windows/Edge after logout, possibly tied to DiscourseHub; they’re still narrowing down the trigger see details.
Moin reported a sticky unread reply notification that won’t clear after a wiki-only post move; Lilly confirmed the behaviour and suggested a one-off indicator when the last activity is a hidden first-post edit comments.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco confirmed 3072-dimensional embeddings are safe and background cleanup is automatic in Gemini embedding setting not passing output_dimensionality?, and weighed in on locale-aware search enhancements in Search for localized title/content in Discourse search.
tobiaseigen guided the AI setup question toward deletion in Como configuro Discourse AI, moved and debugged a code-block posting issue in Unable To post topic with code block, and followed up on notification preferences in How to stop notifications for new topics.
Lilly diagnosed a WordPress-Discourse TLS expiry in An invalid response was returned from Discourse and verified the persistent unread reply bug in Sticky unread reply notification.
martin proposed a sidebar fix PR for “All site Settings” navigation in Menu Item → All site Settings.
chapoi pinpointed the sidebar link issue in Menu Item → All site Settings and suggested the Custom Header Links component for header bar tweaks in Adding my Nav into the header bar.
zogstrip merged the undo-deletion fix in Deleting a topic cannot be undone.
ducks outlined current S3 authentication methods and solicited feedback in How are you authenticating Discourse to AWS? Help us improve the settings!.
keegan delivered a fix for missing 2FA backup codes after adding an authenticator in Generating 2FA backup codes not available after adding an Authenticator.

That’s a wrap—our logs logged more dimensions, domains, and design debates than yesterday’s coffee runs!

system · 9 oktober 2025 om 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 78
New topics: 14
Top users:
- Discourse — 1 post, 8 likes
- nathank — 4 posts, 7 likes
- Falco — 2 posts, 6 likes
- nat — 3 posts, 6 likes
- Moin — 9 posts, 4 likes
- Honeyxilia — 4 posts, 4 likes
- merefield — 1 post, 3 likes
- kelv — 1 post, 3 likes
- supermathie — 4 posts, 3 likes
- chrismalone — 2 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Support

In Support, Falco detailed the new periodic health checks that surface vague warnings for deprecated or expired LLM models in Vague LLM warnings on dashboard, and shared plans to refine these alerts. read more
In Support, chrismalone sought to filter out Admin users in Google Analytics via GTM, and jahan_gagan outlined a dataLayer approach and GTM triggers to exclude isAdmin pageviews in Filter Out Admin Users from Google Tag Manager Script. read more
In Support, Moin walked gilles through the two-step confirmation for changing an admin email—first confirming the old address, then the new—locking down unauthorized changes in Problème modification mail admin. read more
In Support, supermathie pointed out that the New Topic button remains clickable due to a position:sticky update, linking to PR #34603 in 我限制了用户创建帖子，但是用户还可以点击创建帖子. read more
In Support, haydenjames noticed repeated Sidekiq memory-killer logs and debated raising the RSS cap vs. tuning swap in Sidekiq is consuming too much memory (using: 522.12M)…, restarting. read more
In Support, Joe_F struggled to get the custom logo_link_url setting working after adding it to his theme, and pfaffman recommended checking theme assignment, configuration, and a full reload in Not working. read more
In Support, ecki debugged why multi-select user fields didn’t appear in generic search or clickable user cards, uncovering indexing delays and a separate user-search mechanism in Searching muilti-select user fields. read more
In Support, David_Ghost investigated a high INP metric on mobile tied to the search button render, seeking optimization tips for faster input responsiveness in Need help tryng to fix a INP issue. read more

Dev

In Dev, devaoc explored strategies to handle webhook race conditions for a two-way sync between Discourse and Discord, debating whether to drop topic webhooks in favor of a post-centric flow in Webhook race condition mitigation strategies. read more

Installation

In Installation, devrim faced Git fetch failures and port 443 timeouts when rebuilding on GCP, and pfaffman suggested checking host firewall rules to restore container outbound access in Unable to Rebuild Discourse: GitHub Connection Error and Port 443 Issues on GCP. read more
In Installation, RBoy flagged a Let’s Encrypt expiration alert on build 3.6.0.beta1-dev and pfaffman noted a redirect fix shipped in the latest rebuild process in Discourse failure to renew certificate. read more

Feature

In Feature, Moin proposed adding a language dropdown to the email templates interface—mirroring the site-text and theme translation UIs—to streamline multilingual template edits in Add language dropdown to email templates interface. read more

#Site feedback

In #Site feedback, nathank suggested that blog topics on meta should show actual author handles instead of Discourse to foster intimacy and enable proper notifications in Blog posts would be nicer if authored. read more

blog

In blog, Discourse shared behind-the-scenes highlights from the 2025 Prague Meetup, where 87 remote team members gathered for a “chaotic, wholesome” week of workshops and social events. read more

Activity by the @team Group

Falco chimed in on LLM warnings, explaining the health check improvements in Vague LLM warnings on dashboard and later detailed multilingual search planning in Search for localized title/content in Discourse search
nat discussed filtering by topic locale in Search for localized title/content in Discourse search and shared his preference for ENV settings for AWS auth in How are you authenticating Discourse to AWS? Help us improve the settings!
supermathie offered troubleshooting steps for GCP rebuild errors in Unable to Rebuild Discourse: GitHub Connection Error and Port 443 Issues on GCP and clarified UI behavior around post restrictions in 我限制了用户创建帖子，但是用户还可以点击创建帖子
kelv merged a bugfix for the user-directory partial-list issue, confirming resolution in Users list only partial?
chapoi pinpointed a CSS layout conflict for the mobile navbar footer in Position of navbar “Keyboard shortcuts” and “Add custom section” buttons on mobile is weird

Time to reboot your Sidekiq, double-check those email templates, and raise a toast to our Prague memories—see you tomorrow for more meta magic!

system · 10 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 108
New topics: 14
Top users:
- rishabh: 1 post, 18 likes
- Falco: 6 posts, 16 likes
- pmusaraj: 6 posts, 14 likes
- tobiaseigen: 7 posts, 11 likes
- Rubi: 4 posts, 10 likes
- nat: 5 posts, 8 likes
- jwheel: 1 post, 6 likes
- Overgrow: 3 posts, 5 likes
- nukeador: 1 post, 5 likes
- craigconstantine: 1 post, 5 likes

Interesting Topics

Discourse ID is now available. Try it today!
rishabh introduced Discourse ID, a single sign-on service that streamlines login across all Discourse sites with social login support and zero configuration needed.

Community

Discourse AI Use Cases and Statistics
Rubi kicked off a discussion on AI feature adoption—proofread, translate, summarize—and received insights on default enablement rates (~10% for Summarize) and the power of Related Topics and AI-driven spam protection. read more

Localized discourse ID login page?
nukeador requested browser-based language selection for the Discourse ID login screen, and pmusaraj moved it to Feature while Falco suggested toggling the Set locale from accept language header setting for a quick fix. read more
Allow non-staff site members to create invite to topic
Overgrow reported that the arrive_at field isn’t set for TL2 invites; tobiaseigen confirmed the design and shifted it into Feature for community consideration. read more
RFE: Update emoji flag from old Syrian flag to new Syrian flag
jwheel filed a request to reflect the transitional government’s new Syrian flag in the emoji palette, supported by historical context and Emojipedia. read more
Push Notifications for Self-Hosted on Discourse Hub?
MapleSyrupJedi sought a working solution; Falco explained that Android relies on PWA web push and iOS supports only PWA notifications for self-hosters. read more
Search for localized title/content in Discourse search
Honeyxilia proposed adding a locale filter to /search to find posts by language; the feature would streamline multilingual community management. read more

#Site feedback

Blog posts would be nicer if authored by an identifiable person
Moin noted mismatches between blog and topic authorship; tobiaseigen and Falco tracked down a theme bug and synchronized authors going back a year for clearer attribution. read more

Badge Display Order Differs Between English and Simplified Chinese Locales
copymonopoly spotted that trust level badges sort alphabetically by locale (Pinyin vs. English), and nat flagged it as pr-welcome for a fix. read more
Safari (iOS and macOS) bug when discarding a reply
Shauny demonstrated a scroll-jump issue upon discarding in Safari; pmusaraj confirmed reproducibility and is investigating. read more

Dev

Webhook race condition mitigation strategies
devaoc reported topic/post webhook ordering issues; Falco recommended relying solely on post webhooks and enriching via the API for consistency. read more

My Forum Suddenly Disappeared Due to Server Shutdown
wenqin’s Bluehost China host went offline without warning, data was lost, and tobiaseigen reminded everyone to maintain offsite backups (e.g., S3). read more

Titles placeholder in New topic is not RTL
discojan noticed the New Topic title input remains LTR in RTL locales; a fix is pending to respect browser directionality. read more

#Hosting

Is Docker image discourse/discourse considered safe and production-ready?
gadicc praised the new official image for automated testing and anticipates wider adoption once marked stable. read more

#Site Management

Cookie Consent, GDPR, and Discourse
eisammy linked Cloudflare’s Consent Manager blog, sparking conversation on compliance best practices for Discourse installations. read more

Activity by the @team Group

rishabh kicked off the day with the launch announcement of Discourse ID.
Falco provided guidance on AI feature defaults in the Discourse AI Use Cases, suggested a locale header toggle in Localized login page, offered webhook optimization in Webhook race condition, and clarified push support in Push Notifications for Self-Hosted.
pmusaraj addressed the Discourse ID Safari redirect UX in Discourse ID announcement and scoped localization work in Localized login page.
tobiaseigen guided backup strategies in My Forum Disappeared, shifted invite logic to Feature in Allow non-staff invites, and synchronized blog authorship in Blog posts feedback.
nat enriched the AI discussion with real-world stats and spam-block insights in Discourse AI Use Cases.
kelv approved and merged the PR to add .svg support to image uploads in Add .svg file extension.
chapoi explained the new email logs layout in Email logs overflow and clarified hidden-settings search behavior in Hidden settings search.
awesomerobot updated the user-card customization guidance in Customize user card.

And no puppies were harmed in the making of this summary—see you tomorrow for more Meta mayhem!

system · 11 oktober 2025 om 21:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 65
New topics: 11:
How do I ensure my draft will be saved when I can no longer see the “save draft for later” button?,
When do you press the keys one after the other and when do you press them simultaneously to trigger a shortcut?,
Discourse ID is now available. Try it today!,
Discourse AI Use Cases and Statistics,
“watching_first_post” topic list filter not working,
RFE: Update emoji flag from old Syrian flag to new Syrian flag,

Quote formatting of support category template,
Sidekiq is consuming too much memory (using: 522.12M)…, restarting,
Localized discourse ID login page?,
Has anything changed on what qualifies for the “Nice share” badge?,
No Bump First Post Plugin
Top users:
@Moin (11 likes, 10 posts),
@ToddZ (9 likes, 5 posts),
@Rubi (4 likes, 2 posts),
@pfaffman (2 likes, 2 posts),
@asa (2 likes, 2 posts),
@itsbhanusharma (2 likes, 2 posts),
@RGJ (2 likes, 2 posts),
@Jagster (1 like, 3 posts),
@jrgong (1 like, 2 posts),
@one1 (1 like, 1 post)

Interesting Topics

UX

Moin raised concerns about draft persistence after the “save draft for later” button was intentionally removed and asked how to verify that drafts are saved before closing the composer read more.
Moin wondered about distinguishing sequential shortcuts (like g then h) from simultaneous ones (Ctrl + Shift + .) and proposed clearer notation in the keyboard shortcut help read more.

Announcements

The Discourse Team announced that Discourse ID is now available for testing and answered setup questions for users connecting accounts via OAuth and 2FA read more.

Community

nat started a discussion on Discourse AI features, gathering use cases and statistics, with Rubi clarifying requirements for a feature proposal in professional settings read more.
Tony001 asked whether opening a “special interest” Discourse group to the public requires post-moderation or if self-moderation is sufficient, sparking community tips on balance and UX read more.

Bug

RGJ reported that the /filter in:watching_first_post topic list filter isn’t working as documented and examined the code paths that handle post notifications read more.
pfaffman and unclejoker investigated why new user activation emails lead to an “Oops! This page does not exist” error, tracing it to invite usage limits and custom UI text read more.
j127 highlighted that the raw markdown editor in the moderation review detail view is too small (especially with watched words like “video” in TikTok posts), prompting UI tweak suggestions read more.

Feature

one1 suggested updating the built-in emoji flag to the new Syrian flag, noting device-specific rendering differences between mobile (emoji set) and desktop (CDN images) read more.
Jagster flagged a UX issue where Discourse ID lacks localization on login pages and pushed for translations of custom copy in the OAuth prompts read more.
MoRanYue recommended skipping source map uploads to S3 during asset deployment to save bandwidth, sparking discussion on rake s3:upload_assets workflows read more.

#Site feedback

tobiaseigen removed the support category template to reduce boilerplate quoting and proposed updating the Support banner text to guide new users to search and read docs before posting read more.

Support

haydenjames shared a memory optimization for Sidekiq by reducing unicorn workers and increasing UNICORN_SIDEKIQ_MAX_RSS, helping to eliminate frequent “Sidekiq is consuming too much memory” restarts read more.
anoedo asked how to recreate the blue reminder banner in the editor that prompts users to search before posting and looked for plugin or template solutions to customize the topic template banner read more.
GeorgSeifert reported occasional CPU spikes causing 502 errors on a Hetzner server, with suggestions to profile via htop and adjust container resource limits read more.

Activity by the @team Group

tobiaseigen removed the support category template in Quote formatting of support category template and solicited feedback on banner text improvements.

After a day of emoji updates, AI proposals, and draft-saving detective work, may your tomorrow be crash-free and your drafts always safely stored!

system · 12 oktober 2025 om 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 58
New topics: 8

Top users (last 24 h):

pfaffman: 7 posts, 3 likes
NFULFX: 5 posts, 3 likes
j.jaffeux: 4 posts, 3 likes
Canapin: 3 posts, 6 likes
mcdanlj: 2 posts, 4 likes
NateDhaliwal: 2 posts, 3 likes
ToddZ: 1 post, 3 likes
Moin: 1 post, 4 likes
merefield: 1 post, 4 likes
Tony001: 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Community Should an open Discourse group be moderated? ToddZ explained the trade-offs of manual approval vs community moderation see his tip and Moin shared an overview of review-trigger settings here.
Community Just had about 38 bot accounts and posts sign up and spam… manton detailed a fresh wave of bot attacks and Canapin suggested AI-spam detectors and watched-words strategies discussion and here.
#Blog: Behind the Scenes: Our 2025 Prague Meetup drew comments from SubStrider on team size see comment and Canapin chimed in with a team roster link here.
Feature Email/IP checks require password — ct-337 proposed forcing password entry for sensitive lookups, mcdanlj warned it would slow spam review details and tobiaseigen pointed to an existing admin-warning plugin reference.
Feature RFE: Update emoji flag — j.jaffeux bumped to Unicode 17.0 (patch review) and jwheel celebrated the speedy turnaround reaction.
Feature Improve Notification Mechanism for Topic Deletions — TechnologyStar and Rubi debated whether admins should PM users before deleting posts, proposing a deletion-warning PM as a record read more and here.
Feature Native Voice Message Recording & Automatic Audio Transcription — members explored building in-browser voice notes and live transcription to enhance accessibility initial request and Cortrah emphasized a full voice-navigable future here.
Installation Changed email service, now the forum won’t resolve via IP address nor URL — NFULFX troubleshooting Let’s Encrypt limitations initial post and pfaffman’s solution for the invalid account email setting solution.
#Extras: ICS → Discourse Importer — Ethsim2 announced a commit that stops bump-date resets in imported topics overview and confirmed the fix works confirmation.
Dev ICS importer deduplication and bump behaviour via API — Ethsim2 clarified that without --time-only-dedupe, location changes spawn new topics and bump the timeline discussion and follow-up.
Support 我搭建的论坛无法访问了 — 祁同伟 asked for help with site downtime and NateDhaliwal suggested rebuilding and log checks ask reply.
Support How to add multiple blank lines in the new composer? — th21 wants extra line breaks for serialized novels, and pfaffman recommended non-breaking spaces or horizontal rules question answer.
Support Getting an error trying to add a member to a group — MikeNolan encountered a generic “Sorry, an error has occurred” on group updates; community awaits a fix details.
Bug Rich text editor breaks events — a composer glitch in calendar posts was patched a few weeks ago, confirmed by j.jaffeux bug report fix.
Bug Plugin Conflict Between Brand Header and Versatile Banner — philh tracked a layout shift when both components are enabled, complete with screenshots report.

Activity by the @team Group

j.jaffeux updated the emoji library for Unicode 17.0 385226/7, fixed the rich-text event composer bug 381906/3, chimed in on rate-limiting during calendar week views 385342/4, and resolved partial user-directory listings 368793/25.
tobiaseigen pointed to an existing admin-warning feature in the Email/IP checks thread 385353/6.

And that’s a wrap — after emoji updates, plugin fixes, and bot-busting, your Discourse instance earned a well-deserved coffee break!

system · 13 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 53
New topics: 12
Top users:
- Tris20: 7 likes, 1 posts
- Canapin: 4 likes, 3 posts
- tobiaseigen: 3 likes, 1 posts
- datagoatsdotorg: 2 likes, 1 posts
- kris.kotlarek: 2 likes, 2 posts
- Willy: 2 likes, 1 posts
- jahan_gagan: 2 likes, 2 posts
- zogstrip: 2 likes, 2 posts
- harishg33: 2 likes, 2 posts
- Steven: 1 like, 1 posts

Interesting Topics

blog

Tris20 celebrated the recap of our 2025 Prague Meetup where Discourse is positioned as the community software for tech companies, highlighting asynchronous collaboration wins read more.

Community

ElaineTina0000 shared how she successfully upgraded from 3.5.0.beta8-dev to 3.6.0.beta1 and tobiaseigen inquired about the specific challenges faced #2.

In the Discourse ID is now available thread, rishabh explained the option to run traditional SSO alongside Discourse ID to ease account migrations.

Praise

datagoatsdotorg praised the DataGOATs Analytics Community for leveraging Discourse to build a customizable niche hub for analytics professionals #20.

jahan_gagan confirmed that admins bypass the “Max mentions per post” limit and pointed to the relevant code path for performance considerations #2.
panrafal shared detailed logs on Discourse AI translation failures and Falco highlighted best practices around max_tokens and reasoning models #2 and #3.
pfaffman walked through Docker volume mappings to disable gzipping of backups in local installs and shared sample docker-compose.yml excerpts #9.

Marketplace

Willy posted a $400 proposal to develop a membership system for private forums via public post–embedded form submissions, with jahan_gagan offering help #1.

Installation

harishg33 outlined vulnerability concerns in discourse/base:2.0.20251008-0017-web-only, prompting advice on patch testing and Go/Python removal strategies #1.

zogstrip merged a fix to ensure the Location field is passed through to .ics/Google Calendar exports, addressing user RSVPs discrepancies #3.
Both “watching_first_post” and “watching_new_topics” filters were restored when zogstrip applied a bugfix following RGJ’s report #6.
Richie flagged that wide images on the /faq page overflow mobile screens, leading to layout fixes in safe-mode reproduction guides #1.

Canapin suggested enabling interactable links and image zoom in poll options without toggling selections, sparking discussion on polls UX improvements #1.

#Site Management

Steven shared CSS overrides to adjust custom emoji aspect ratios via theme snippets, answering Roi’s customization queries #43.

NateDhaliwal reported that oneboxed footnote links exceed page width on mobile, prompting discussions on side-scroll and container constraints #1.

Activity by the @team Group

tobiaseigen asked for more details on upgrade hurdles in The upgrade worked for me….
zogstrip merged fixes for the new Location field in calendar exports #378672/3 and restored the “watching_first_post” filter #385316/6.
kris.kotlarek delivered patches for the temporarily_closed_due_to_flags locale notice #381000/8 and the admin rights 2FA special-character issue #378063/6.
rishabh clarified optional SSO configurations alongside Discourse ID in Discourse ID is now available.
nat outlined improvements to video oneboxing for AI translations in Youtube Videos wird nicht eingebunden bei KI Übersetzung.
Falco discussed translation token limits and advocated against using reasoning-heavy models for AI translations in Discourse AI Failing to translate and later suggested API improvements #5.

Puppies rejoice—our meta community sprinted through another day of amazing collaboration, from Prague party recaps to AI translation deep dives!

system · 14 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 108
New topics: 19

Top users:

Moin: 11 posts, 8 likes
zogstrip: 5 posts, 7 likes
RGJ: 4 posts, 5 likes
kelv: 1 post, 5 likes
pmusaraj: 3 posts, 5 likes
lukasjelinek: 1 post, 4 likes
david: 2 posts, 3 likes
hugh: 1 post, 3 likes
tgxworld: 2 posts, 3 likes
Whoa_Ralph: 2 posts, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

Bug “Invalid date” and zero replies in width below 640 px: lukasjelinek reported that on mobile viewports (<640 px) topic ages show Invalid date and reply counts freeze at 0 in post, pmusaraj confirmed reproduction in post, and david merged a fix now live on latest read more.
UX composer Composer placeholder does not update when it should: RGJ noted that toggling between markdown and rich text doesn’t refresh the placeholder text in post, awesomerobot explained the update only happens on page refresh in post, with a fix in progress.
Dev dev-news Deprecation & upcoming removal of jQuery-based autocomplete: kelv announced deprecation of $.autocomplete() in Discourse core in post, outlined migration to the new DAutocomplete modifier in PR #33513, and pointed to additional improvements at PR #34354.
Feature Menu Item → All site Settings - Please point to /admin/site_settings/category/all_results: hugh flagged that the sidebar link wrongly lands on “Required” settings in post, and martin merged the correction in post.
Support Color palette not updating on website: putty shared that tertiary and quaternary colors aren’t applied on their site in post, dax verified correct values and suggested caching issues in post, Moin identified a mismatched palette in post, and dax confirmed preference overrides in post.
Support Category settings broken: A user reported inability to save category permissions in post, tgxworld recommended using safe-mode to rule out themes/plugins in post, and Moin explained a conflicting setting saved across tabs in post.
#Hosting Is Docker image discourse/discourse considered safe and production-ready?: JackNZ shared a docker-compose.yml setup for Discourse and Postgres in post, and gadicc praised the approach and linked a start.sh script for admin creation in post.
Marketplace Recherche expert francophone Discourse – configuration avancée & personnalisation: Marieassistanteweb sought a French-speaking Discourse expert in post, and NateDhaliwal moved the request to Marketplace in post.
Announcements discourse-id Discourse ID is now available. Try it today!: The official rollout received an initial announcement in post and an update from pmusaraj on self-hosters in post.
Bug User stats incorrect in user directory: zogstrip reproduced mismatched counts before/after refresh in post, Moin suggested adding more local users in post, and a caching optimization landed via PR #35371.
UX The Horizon theme cannot use the Tag icons component: anoedo reported that enabling the Tag icons plugin has no effect under the Horizon theme in post, despite correct behavior on other themes and documented at Tag icons.
Dev Observer on “controller:edit-category.tabs” model not triggered: pirhoo attempted to watch model.parent_category_id changes in a plugin initializer in post, and Falco asked for more details to guide the approach in post.
UX rtl Reverse arrow direction for “Advanced filters” in RTL: discojan showed that the advanced search arrow remains LTR in Arabic locales in post, and provided screenshots of the expected flipped icon.
#Self-Hosting Managing IP request rate limits in Discourse: The new guide explains how to use DISCOURSE_MAX_REQS_PER_IP_EXCEPTIONS in app.yml to allowlist specific IPs or buckets in post.
Plugin ai Discourse AI: A user’s excitement for tiered AI access was captured in post, fueling discussion on subscription models and feature gating.

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip (7 likes, 5 posts): clarified logo usage in Which picture… and debugged directory counts in User stats….
pmusaraj (5 likes, 3 posts): reproduced the mobile date bug in Invalid date… and updated Discourse ID guidance in post.
kelv (5 likes, 1 post): announced the jQuery autocomplete deprecation in post.
david (3 likes, 2 posts): shipped the Invalid date fix in post.
hugh (3 likes, 1 post): weighed in on the site settings sidebar link in post.
tgxworld (3 likes, 2 posts): suggested safe-mode troubleshooting for category permissions in post.
dax (2 likes, 2 posts): debugged color caching in post and flagged the missing flair warning in post.
awesomerobot (2 likes, 2 posts): outlined placeholder toggle quirks in post.
martin (1 like, 1 post): merged the site settings menu fix in post.
supermathie (0 likes, 1 post): noted user-preference overrides for palettes in post.

After a day of chasing “Invalid date” errors and flipped arrows, the forum’s back in shape—no puppies were harmed in the making of these fixes!

system · 15 oktober 2025 om 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 126 (see Admin Dashboard)
New topics: 19 (see Admin Dashboard)

Top users (24 h):

Moin — 13 posts, 11 likes
david — 3 posts, 9 likes
NateDhaliwal — 5 posts, 6 likes
putty — 5 posts, 5 likes
lindsey — 4 posts, 4 likes
cvx — 1 post, 4 likes
ted — 1 post, 3 likes
angus — 2 posts, 3 likes
tobiaseigen — 8 posts, 3 likes
pmusaraj — 3 posts, 3 likes

Data source: Admin Summary

Interesting Topics

In the Latest topics missing from category view issue, putty discovered that after a recent update their topics vanished from the category list; david reproduced it, traced it to the “subcategories with featured topics” fix, and merged a patch to restore the missing items see discussion.
A Safari (iOS and macOS) bug when discarding a reply was addressed by cvx who identified the root cause and submitted a fix read more.
ted diagnosed an Error in logs related to twitter_login caused by a Faraday gem change and merged a corrective pull request details.
The Cannot access My Themes in Theme Creator error was resolved by david with a commit to the theme-creator plugin view fix.
tobiaseigen confirmed that deactivated “show on signup form” settings correctly hide custom user fields in invites after merging a bugfix see resolution.

Community

In What to do with inactive users, Andro asked about handling long-inactive accounts; community consensus suggested lowering trust levels over deletion discussion.

The Horizon theme cannot use the Tag icons component sparked a UX deep-dive when tobiaseigen moved it to UX; lindsey explained that tag display on topic cards isn’t supported yet and future design work is underway learn more.
A minor styling concern in Cheers number on user cards is lighter than other numbers was highlighted by Moin; awesomerobot linked a PR to make the cheer count visibly distinct see PR.
Moin spotted that “Start a new DM” appears in the sidebar for users without DM permissions; lindsey confirmed it’s unintentional and will be fixed read more.

Discourse ID is now available. Try it today! generated excitement as hugh praised the handling of alternate email addresses, encouraging self-hosters to opt-in see feedback.

#Translations

In Batch update a translation?, lilydjwg struggled with Crowdin’s file navigation; Moin shared a direct link to streamline multi-file searches check it out.