Er, no. I just pointed out that a relevant trigger exists. OP would still have to develop a bumping action.
Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 106
- New topics: 15
Top users (24 h)
- tobiaseigen (20 posts, 6 likes)
- Moin (10 posts, 9 likes)
- pmusaraj (6 posts, 3 likes)
- supermathie (4 posts, 3 likes)
- Rubi (2 posts, 4 likes)
- Arkshine (2 posts, 3 likes)
- david (1 post, 5 likes)
- ficuswhisperer (1 post, 3 likes)
- mcwumbly (1 post, 3 likes)
- pfaffman (1 post, 2 likes)
Top @team members
- tobiaseigen (20 posts, 6 likes)
- pmusaraj (6 posts, 3 likes)
- supermathie (4 posts, 3 likes)
- david (1 post, 5 likes)
- mcwumbly (1 post, 3 likes)
- martin (1 post, 2 likes)
- dax (1 post, 1 like)
- zogstrip (1 post, 1 like)
- renato (1 post, 0 likes)
- sam (1 post, 0 likes)
Interesting Topics
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“Block” a ‘Leader’: New user Tyl asked if there’s a way to block a TL4 user rather than merely mute or ignore them, sparking a discussion of trust levels and site settings read more
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An error occurred: You are not permitted to view the requested source: Gavin_Hudson reported a 403 error when trying to post, and supermathie suggested checking browser tools for proxy or backend issues read more
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Unsubscribe button from confirmation email: Cate_Soule asked how to remove Google’s “unsubscribe” suggestion, and putty explained it stems from the List-Unsubscribe header, not Discourse itself read more
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Any way to send PM to TL2 without including TL3 and TL4?: ToddZ wanted to message only TL2 users; Moin pointed to dynamic groups, and tobiaseigen suggested BCC or secure categories read more
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How to solve discourse ai : No endpoints found that support tool use: whitewaterdeu shared OpenRouter errors, then self–solved by disabling native tools as per the OpenRouter docs read more
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Number of users and legacy posts: pHneutre asked which user states count toward the
/abouttotal, exploring deleted vs. suspended vs. deactivated and asking for finer anonymization controls read more
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Results in user search disappear after a few seconds: Moin demoed how modal user invites lose results when the on-screen keyboard hides, with video repros on desktop and tablet read more
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“Ranked choice” polls don’t work properly with pie charts (polls pr-welcome): dax reported pie charts miscount votes in ranked-choice polls, prompting calls to auto-switch to bar charts or block the selection read more
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No Update of notifications while logged-in (notifications): patronit’s instance stopped marking notifications as read or showing new ones; logs revealed Sidekiq heartbeat failures read more
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Invite Only with OpenID only does not work (openid-connect): DevTeVe found that enabling “invite only” breaks OIDC login flows, whereas “invite code” partially works after a retry read more
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Discourse Prometheus 404 metrics for Grafana (prometheus): DevTeVe continues the discussion on broken
/metrics/apiroutes, noting 404s when Grafana queries labels and ranges read more
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Change the default docker container name be
discourseinstead ofapp(docker): JustinZ proposed renaming the container for clarity, and pfaffman reminded users they can renameapp.ymlor enableDOCKER_USE_HOSTNAMEread more -
Admins: Show a dialogue before entering email logs, log email log views: twofoursixeight suggested a confirmation dialog and audit log when viewing
/admin/email-logsto protect sensitive content read more
- ‘Remove password’ button should be btn-danger, not btn-transparent?: NateDhaliwal noted that the security page’s Remove password button lacks dangerous styling, and shared proposed
btn-dangermockups read more
- Critical Error: Call to undefined function mb_convert_encoding (s3): angus reminded that WP Discourse requires PHP’s mbstring extension and linked the official docs read more
Activity by the @team Group
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tobiaseigen tested PM invites on ask.discourse.com and confirmed rubi could receive them in Unable To Invite Users To Topics on ask.discourse.com. They also chimed in on tag-groups, sharing that the data-tag-group PR was closed due to scope in Add a data-tag-group attribute for tags.
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pmusaraj guided Tealk through Discourse ID activation, highlighting HTTPS requirements and the difference between Discourse ID and Connect, and updated the What’s New feed to hide items for stable instances in Discourse ID fails to activate on my instance.
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david updated the status of the iOS 26 editor bug, confirming that iOS 26.1 beta restores cursor behavior, in iOS 26 bugs with fixed position elements in Discourse.
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supermathie suggested using browser devtools to pinpoint permission or proxy issues in An error occurred: You are not permitted to view the requested source.
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mcwumbly raised awareness of the
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martin weighed in on merged topic behavior, agreeing that closed topics shouldn’t bump again, in Merged topics are no longer being bumped.
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dax reported the pie-chart bug for ranked-choice polls, sparking UX considerations for poll types, in “Ranked choice” polls don’t work properly with pie charts.
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zogstrip shipped a UI consistency patch to align front-end error messages with backend logic in Wrong reason shown why moderator user can’t be deleted.
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renato confirmed that the rich-text editor now properly handles relative links after recent fixes in Relative links input into the Link tool during editing, don’t work in final post display.
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sam assessed the roadmap for user-created categories, noting it’s not yet planned, in User created categories.
After all that, we’ve shipped more fixes than Apple ships betas—onward to another day of fun (and flawless) foruming!
Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
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In the last 24 hours on the Latest page: 104 new posts and 13 new topics.
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Top users:
- ToddZ: 11 posts, 10 likes
- Moin: 10 posts, 8 likes
- renato: 8 posts, 8 likes
- Steradiant: 2 posts, 5 likes
- saquetim: 3 posts, 4 likes
- david: 1 post, 4 likes
- supermathie: 2 posts, 4 likes
- FINDarkside: 1 post, 3 likes
- tobiaseigen: 10 posts, 3 likes
- angus: 2 posts, 2 likes
Interesting Topics
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Feature In “Official groups/posts”, ice.d proposed an official marker for high-priority threads and asked “but if you have 5 pins what if one is the most important?” The discussion expanded when tobiaseigen pointed out the existing official reply feature (post 6), and folks compared the Category Banners vs the Category Headers component for keeping “about” topics visible.
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Dev In “Improving automatic switching of mobile/desktop modes”, stuwest explained how disabling the old
viewport based mobile modebroke their category-first workflow. david clarified that linking to/categoriesis an alternative (post 6), and awesomerobot showed how setting “Desktop category page style” to “Categories with featured topics” and adjusting user prefs can restore the old feel (post 7). -
Dev saquetim announced that the widget rendering system will be disabled on next update, linking to PR #35504 and noting admins can still toggle
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Dev The “Upcoming post stream changes” topic saw Boost report tests against Glimmer overrides and saquetim confirm that the Glimmer Post Stream will become default soon, even on incompatible sites, with clear instructions on toggling
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UX In “Show “and XY other groups” instead of “…” on user profile”, Steradiant flagged discoverability issues. ToddZ suggested a simple CSS tweak (post 2), Steradiant confirmed the hard-coded dots (post 3), and ToddZ refined the CSS to hide “…” and insert “and more” with a negative margin (post 4).
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UX “Can we improve usability of pinned topic site settings?” saw tobiaseigen propose merging two unpin prefs into one dropdown. ToddZ gave feedback on simplifying the UI (post 3), Moin weighed in on default vs. user override scenarios (post 4), and tobiaseigen updated his approach to clarify when the user pref appears (post 5).
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UX In “FluentUI emojis has background”, Don pointed out the new white-background +1 emoji from the recent commit 028aa5c. They compared the deleted version (
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Support “Any way to send PM to TL2 without including TL3 and TL4?” solved by tobiaseigen suggesting BCC or a custom group, and ToddZ highlighting the Discourse BCC Plugin and ad-hoc BCC workarounds (post 3, post 4, post 5).
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Support In “Why is my CSS color choice being overwritten?”, Jack_McCarthy showed how their theme CSS reset on reload. jahan_gagan recommended overriding the root variables (
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Support “Chat icon in edit history – what does it mean?” saw NateDhaliwal self-answer that it marks a PM converted to a public topic (solution), and Moin linked to the code that implements it (post 3, source).
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#SiteFeedback: In “Unable To Invite Users To Topics on ask.discourse.com”, Rubi confirmed the workaround—sign into Meta then navigate to ask.discourse—and tobiaseigen noted that Site feedback has no Solution box but the issue is resolved (post 8).
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#Blog: “Why I Chose Discourse Over Discord” linked to the Blog post. ToddZ chimed in that it reads like a Joan Westenberg piece before realizing it was by jawestenberg (post 2).
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Community “Multilingual user feedback on Automatic Translations” featured FINDarkside collecting requests from polyglot users who prefer no auto-translation and suggesting per-user language opt-outs.
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#WordPress: “Webhook names query/inconsistent?” saw TimMOz patch
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Bug In “Merge pasted preformatted text => code block in the new composer”, renato asked for repro steps but noted many inline/block code improvements have landed—inviting testers on
latest.
Activity by the @team Group
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renato clarified smart-quotes behavior in Single/double quotes require two backspaces, addressed escaped tildes in Rich text editor bug, and weighed in on pasted preformatted text in Merge pasted preformatted text.
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tobiaseigen showed official posts in Official groups/posts and led the UX discussion on pinned topics in Improve pinned topics usability.
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saquetim posted on the widget rendering EOL in Widget rendering EOL announcement and the Glimmer Post Stream rollout in Post stream changes.
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supermathie guided API troubleshooting in 400 Bad Request Using API.
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david helped refine mobile/desktop switching in Automatic mobile switching.
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awesomerobot suggested desktop category layout tweaks in Automatic mobile switching.
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Falco offered a fix for older Chromium WebView issues in Chromium webview error.
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chapoi corrected button styling in Remove password button and discussed emoji alignment in FluentUI emojis background.
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lindsey weighed in on smart-quotes in Smart quotes in new composer.
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jordan.vidrine announced the end-of-life for the Custom Category Boxes component in Custom Category Boxes lifecycle update.
That’s a wrap—here’s hoping none of your next drafts disappear after you hit “cancel”! 
Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New topics: 22
- New posts: 170
- Top users (likes, posts):
Interesting Topics
#Site feedback
- pfaffman noticed the
reaction was removed, and awesomerobot restored it shortly after (read more).
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renato reported drafts not saving when canceling a reply, then martin reproduced and merged a fix in PR #35534 (read more).
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RGJ uncovered that disabled plugins still inject queries even when turned off, leading to performance slow-downs (report).
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noahl discovered the tag-management entry on
/tagswas missing (screenshot), and awesomerobot delivered a patch (read more). -
lhkjacky demonstrated theme assets under
/uploads/returning 404s for anonymous users when “Prevent anons from downloading files” is enabled (steps), prompting discussion with sam and david (read more).
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Reports of spam from the “system” user led Falco to trace the cause to email-handling missteps (read more).
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tobiaseigen followed up on digest emails queuing but never sending in multisite environments.
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gassim found that Discobot’s narrative welcome message had been auto-disabled after a recent update (details), linked to PR #34373.
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jahan_gagan flagged that CodePen embeds stopped rendering, and Moin pointed out a past whitelist change (read more).
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sandra.mccollum reported broken image uploads after a snapshot restore, with renato beginning troubleshooting (read more).
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In Announcements, TFF_SD shared a video of fixed-element glitches on iPadOS 26 (demo), and sam confirmed an Apple-side fix is pending (read more).
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Danielle invited community managers to register for the “Community Scaries” webinar on spotting engagement red flags (info).
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tvavrda suggested finer controls in color palette editing (discussion), with pointers to advanced approaches (read more).
- gassim proposed logging system-initiated site setting changes in staff action logs (request), and Moin shared an automation workaround (details).
Activity by the @team Group
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awesomerobot re-added the
emote in What happened to the reaction? and provided the tag entry point fix in Tag settings entry point missing. -
martin reproduced the draft-save bug and merged the resolution in Draft is no longer automatically saved after you cancel replying.
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Falco diagnosed the “system” spam issue in Spam from “system”.
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sam weighed in on asset-access issues in Theme assets served from
/uploads/break when “Prevent anons from downloading files” is enabled and advised on CLI updates in Discourse no longer can be updated. -
pmusaraj gathered reproduction videos for the iOS fixed-element bug in iOS 26 bugs with fixed position elements in Discourse.
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tobiaseigen followed up on digest-email failures in Cannot Send Digest Emails: Jobs::UserEmail Deprecation Notice / No Emails After Enqueue via Rails.
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j.jaffeux addressed emoji styling issues and merged updates in FluentUI emojis has background.
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Danielle hosted the announcement for “Community Scaries” in Webinar: Community Scaries: What to Worry About in Communities.
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SaraDev published a new Data Explorer query in Themes and Associated Theme Components Report.
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saquetim flagged a misleading setting description in Upcoming post stream changes - How to prepare themes and plugins.
Here’s to a day free of disappearing drafts, phantom spam, and missing reactions — happy posting!
Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New posts: 118
- New topics: 16
- Top users:
- lindsey (4 posts, 15 likes)
- NateDhaliwal (8 posts, 10 likes)
- Moin (10 posts, 8 likes)
- Arkshine (2 posts, 8 likes)
- Falco (6 posts, 7 likes)
- pmusaraj (1 post, 5 likes)
- chapoi (2 posts, 5 likes)
- pfaffman (3 posts, 4 likes)
- awesomerobot (2 posts, 4 likes)
- putty (3 posts, 4 likes)
Interesting Topics
- Current Projects – October 2025: lindsey rolled out the October 2025 Current Projects newsletter (post 1), detailing upcoming work on the admin area overview, image grid support, topic list simplification, and lightbox improvements. read more
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Category Group component malfunction: After the recent update, enabling the Category Groups component broke category listings; the issue was reported by WAO (post 1), and awesomerobot merged the fix (post 4). read more
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Merged topics are no longer being bumped: A regression prevented merged posts from updating the
bumped_attimestamp; christo identified the problem and provided a fix in PR #35559 (post 10 in #386078). read more
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Web Crawler user agents – Mastodon surge: EricGT spotted a spike in Mastodon agents in his admin report (post 1 in #386506); pmusaraj explained these power link previews and suggested grouping fetchers by source (post 2). read more
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Google OCT 2025 update, drop in organic traffic: eisammy shared analytics showing a slump in US search impressions after the October update and discussed traffic trends in #386406. read more
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Help with displaying images in a post: Arkshine demoed a Swiper carousel, and pfaffman pointed to the Theme Developer Tutorial for building custom image sliders. read more
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Can’t include an auto-join group in an invite: Newly created private groups weren’t listed in the invite modal until a reload; Seth_Godin confirmed a refresh fixes it (post 3), and mcwumbly jumped in to investigate UX improvements (post 5). read more
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Impossible de trouver “Définir un minuteur de sujet”: StephaneBRT couldn’t locate the topic timer; Moin clarified it lives in the topic menu, not the post wrench menu (post 2 in #386500). read more
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400 Bad Request when using the API: Enit’s setup of xAI Grok via LiteLLM returned a “500” error; Moin guided them to the
/logsendpoint (post 10), and NateDhaliwal shared tips on translations (post 12). read more
Theme component
- Quick-add Tags To Topic: A blank
show_for_groupssetting caused a JS error; NateDhaliwal pushed a fix in PR #3 and updated the component accordingly. read more
- Add-on suggestions for a humor-focused community: Can asked for plugin recommendations; NateDhaliwal suggested reactions, gamification, and pointed to the Discourse Gifs plugin. read more
- How do I ensure my draft will be saved when I can no longer see the “save draft for later” button?: Draft autosave now triggers on any title or body content, thanks to updates by lindsey (posts 10 & 12). read more
- How We Built Horizon with Design Driven Development: jordan.vidrine shared the design-first approach to Horizon in a companion discussion (post 1), linked to the blog post. read more
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Handling Video Compatibility in Forums: jrgong asked about cloud-based transcoding for mobile clips; Falco confirmed an AWS-powered solution is on the way (post 5 in #371540). read more
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RFE: Update
emoji flag from old to new: Feedback on the Syrian flag emoji was addressed swiftly in 3.6.0.beta2, earning kudos from jwheel (post 9 in #385226). read more
Activity by the @team Group
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lindsey published the October Projects newsletter (post 1) and clarified draft autosave improvements (10 & 12).
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Falco clarified AI search toggling in #386328, video hosting plans in #371540, and resolved embedding errors in #386019 (post 4).
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pmusaraj explained Mastodon link-preview crawlers in #386506 (post 2).
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chapoi fixed the “Maybe later” button border in #386459 (post 2).
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awesomerobot merged a patch for the Category Groups issue in #386507 (post 4).
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christo addressed the bump-timestamp bug in merged topics via PR #35559 (post 10).
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tobiaseigen weighed in on AI plugin logs and translation support in #386254 (post 14).
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jordan.vidrine introduced the Horizon theme approach in #386569 (post 1).
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mcwumbly stepped up to triage the invite-group reload glitch in #386518 (post 5).
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hugh shared insights on color palette editing in #380477 (post 9).
With Mastodon crawling, AI searches toggling, and emoji flags flying, our puppy reserves remain intact—see you tomorrow for more Discourse adventures!
Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- 110 new posts, 17 new topics in the last 24 hours.
- Top users by posts & likes:
- Moin: 14 posts, 16 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 6 posts, 11 likes
- ToddZ: 9 posts, 10 likes
- tobiaseigen: 11 posts, 6 likes
- Harrison_Johnson: 1 post, 7 likes
- Helga_Razinkova: 2 posts, 6 likes
- Bas: 1 post, 5 likes
- Falco: 1 post, 3 likes
- elmuerte: 1 post, 3 likes
- jrgong: 2 posts, 2 likes
Interesting Topics
blog
- Harrison_Johnson admired the design-driven approach in How We Built Horizon with Design Driven Development, celebrating the concept of dogfooding and sparking internal product development discussions.
Theme component
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ToddZ reported a CSS tweak to ensure the “Read more” link inherits category header text color and proposed conditional rendering in Discourse Category Headers theme component, while NateDhaliwal contributed an expand/collapse PR in post 171.
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Moin unveiled a customizable filter shortcut feature in Filter Favorites under topic-filter, prompting theme integration discussions and user feedback.
Support
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Moin guided Turgut_Ordu on activating Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages by adjusting the
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Helga_Razinkova discovered the location of pre-built replies in the Site Texts interface after a 15-minute search in Where do I edit pre-built replies.
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WorldIsMine encountered 500 errors when installing the “Advanced Hero Component,” prompting troubleshooting from tobiaseigen and Moin in 500 error when installing the Advanced Hero Component.
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Aron_Kipkorir explored iframe embedding of Notion pages in How to embed Notion to Discourse, with advice to whitelist Notion domains in site settings.
Community
- Bas shared insights on privacy-focused community design in Safe by Design: How to Protect Your Community Members and Their Privacy, encouraging feedback on gdpr best practices.
#Site feedback
- ToddZ questioned the purpose of the legacy theme-feedback category now that Horizon is default, leading tobiaseigen to remove it and centralize feedback under Site feedback in Retire/rename feedback category for previous default theme?.
UX
- supermathie proposed full-width admin interfaces via CSS overrides in Admin pages should be full width, improving readability and reducing horizontal scroll.
Announcements
- Falco contributed prioritization feedback for chat scheduling under user activity tabs in Current Projects – October 2025 under current-projects.
Feature
- rokejulianlockhart proposed allowing case-only username changes in Allow the Latin case of a username to be modified, sparking discussion on username normalization rules.
Bug
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christo merged a fix restoring bump behavior for merged topics in Merged topics are no longer being bumped.
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Two subfolder edge cases emerged: login redirection to root when served under a subfolder in Serve Discourse from a subfolder, Login redirects to root path and erratic sidebar link rewriting in Sidebar links act strange in subfolder setup.
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hellekin flagged data loss and 500 errors in the Shared Edits plugin, prompting compatibility checks in Shared Edits plugin gives 500 errors and can lose data.
Activity by the @team Group
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tobiaseigen welcomed a new reader and discussed dogfooding best practices in How We Built Horizon with Design Driven Development, removed the legacy feedback category in Retire/rename feedback category for previous default theme?, assisted with troubleshooting installation errors in 500 error when installing the Advanced Hero Component, and investigated editor compatibility in Shared Edits plugin gives 500 errors and can lose data.
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Bas highlighted the “Safe by Design” privacy white paper’s community call-to-action in Safe by Design: How to Protect Your Community Members and Their Privacy.
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Falco contributed prioritization feedback in Current Projects – October 2025.
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supermathie proposed a full-width admin layout in Admin pages should be full width and offered log analysis guidance in Unexplained Email::Receiver::InvalidPost errors.
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pmusaraj began investigating subfolder login redirection in Serve Discourse from a subfolder, Login redirects to root path.
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christo merged a fix restoring merged-topic bump behavior in Merged topics are no longer being bumped.
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j.jaffeux extended the DM sidebar follow-up with a PR in “Start a new DM” in sidebar for users who cannot use DMs.
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keegan clarified that the sentiment threshold is not user-configurable in Discourse AI – Sentiment.
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tgxworld confirmed the twitter_login log error fix in Error in logs related to twitter_login.
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chapoi provided theme component settings guidance for kanban board card previews in Text-Preview on Cards.
With Nobel-worthy dogfooding tips, 55 commits in an evening, and theme tweaks galore, it seems meta never sleeps—time for a well-deserved coffee break!