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AstonJ raised privacy concerns in What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk initial and NateDhaliwal followed up with Docker image and theme questions read more.

Users reported errors when logging in to Discourse ID with Facebook; pmusaraj reproduced the CSRF redirect bug due to stale destination_url and detailed repro steps analysis, while dfabulich compared Chrome vs. Safari behaviour discussion.
The tl=[lang] REST API parameter was tested for anonymous vs. authenticated requests; pmusaraj confirmed French localization in .json?tl=fr for crawlers example and nat examined discrepancy when logged in details.

An error when viewing a user’s deleted posts was reported by Richie initial report; saquetim pointed to PR #35952 and the fix impressed the community comment.
YouTube URIs failed to render thumbnails after JSON API changes thread start; martin suggested using oEmbed and authored PR #35959 followup.

The proposal to provide a toggle for group inboxes in the sidebar sparked UX debate; chapoi demonstrated the admin view screenshot and JammyDodger weighed in on permission scoping details.
In the AI translation plugin, jrgong requested a staff override for AI translation backfill max age days feature request; Falco confirmed that manual translations override backfill limits and reviewed confirmation messaging read more.

Discourse Rich JSON-LD Microdata Plugin by kaktak enhances SEO with Schema.org markup; admins discussed French translations in the plugin UI plugin intro and best practices for multilingual forums discussion.
Yandex ID OAuth2 Authentication integrates Yandex login into Discourse; review the plugin announcement here and explore the setup guide read more.
Discourse llms.txt Generator Plugin creates llms.txt for AI discoverability; kaktak outlined installation steps introduction and community members chimed in on content filtering read more.

Drew-ART kicked off a Nav Button Highlighter theme component thread start, and NateDhaliwal advised moving scripts into a JS API initializer for cleaner code guidance.
User custom fields validation implementation article by Yan_Rudenko equips developers to enforce unique field values; check out the walkthrough get started and plugin scaffolding tips read more.

blog

The Death of Community Memory blog post explores the challenge of preserving long-term discussions; read the companion topic overview and share your archiving strategies.
In The Community Lifecycle: From Launch to Legacy, simon proposed Markdown archives for forum longevity original post and outlined frontmatter workflows insights.

Community

How do you handle AI responses in your Community? posed questions on AI vs. peer support initial discussion; tvavrda emphasized empathy-driven dialogue over automated answers comment.

Activity by the @team Group

pmusaraj reproduced the Discourse ID Facebook login CSRF issue and outlined repro steps Can’t login to Discourse ID with Facebook, confirmed API localization in Support for tl=[lang] parameters…, and diagnosed symlink anomalies in Dev: symbolic links error.
saquetim identified and shared the PR to resolve the deleted posts error in Error viewing deleted posts.
nat refined anonymous vs. authenticated behaviour for ?tl parameters “?tl parameter behaving oddly” and merged a fix for locale-from-param in “Set locale from param”.
Falco confirmed that manually requested translations bypass the backfill age limit and reviewed dialog messaging in AI translation override request.
chapoi walked through sidebar group inbox options in Inbox toggle proposal and analyzed filtering for inactive user cards in Profile card UX.
Alteras updated the FontAwesome Pro plugin to restore correct icons in Discourse FontAwesome Pro.
kris.kotlarek implemented fixes for moderator notification text in Email silenced user and addressed the markdown editor sizing bug in Raw markdown editor too small.
supermathie clarified STARTTLS vs. implicit TLS usage in email settings for SSL/TLS port 465 timeout.
martin proposed an oEmbed-based solution for YouTube thumbnail oneboxing in URIs fail to render thumbnails.
david investigated unexpected symlink creation in the chat plugin’s public folder in Dev: symbolic links error.

Thanks for tuning in—after diving into AMA insights, fixing stray symlinks, and plugin unveilings, we’re all set to return tomorrow with even more Discourse discoveries!

system · 12 Noviembre, 2025 21:05

# Today on meta.discourse.org...

## Key Stats

- **New posts**: 105  
- **New topics**: 9  

- **Top users**:  
  - @Moin: 5 posts, 12 likes  
  - @nathank: 3 posts, 11 likes  
  - @nat: 4 posts, 8 likes  
  - @ばこん: 5 posts, 4 likes  
  - @jordan.vidrine: 1 post, 4 likes  
  - @ecki: 6 posts, 4 likes  
  - @noahl: 1 post, 4 likes  
  - @manuel: 2 posts, 4 likes  
  - @Arkshine: 1 post, 4 likes  
  - @patrickemin: 2 posts, 3 likes  

*(Source: [daily stats](https://meta.discourse.org/))*  

## Interesting Topics

#Bug

- **Topics where topic voting is enabled are broken for visitors**  
  @Moin reported that non-logged-in users see a blank page on #topic-voting topics due to a null vote_limit error; jordan.vidrine cherry-picked a fix in GitHub PR [#35974](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35974) to resolve it. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388191/1)  

- **New Topic Header Button component: Category is not auto-detected**  
  toad observed that the header button no longer infers the current #category when injected above the topic; moving the button to timeline controls remains a workaround. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388254/1)  

#Feature

- **Staff should be able to override/ignore “AI translation backfill max age days” setting**  
  jrgong requested a bypass for backfill limits, and @nat highlighted the existing “Translate now” menu item for #content-localization. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388168/4)  

- **Support for tl=[lang] parameters in REST API (for non-anon users)**  
  @nat confirmed that the #rest-api `tl` parameter currently only applies to anonymous requests, per the server locale config. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388173/10)  

- **Make PDFs open directly (not via download) by default**  
  @nathank suggested inline #pdf-previews on mobile and desktop for faster reading; @david noted desktop inline view already works and asked about edge cases. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388190/1)  

- **Allow Events only in some Topics**  
  elRicharde proposed per-category controls for the #calendar-and-event plugin to limit both visibility and creation. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388283/1)  

- **Add admin setting to change default Calendar view (Month/Week/Year)**  
  @j.jaffeux asked for a new #calendar-and-event site setting to let communities pick their default view. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387389/8)  

- **Translation composer now supports image uploads**  
  lhkjacky noted missing media support in #content-localization, and keegan confirmed upload functionality is live following commit [8b789c9](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8b789c9306109610b4c616739815d2af96e9b12b). [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/386829/8)  

#Announcements

- **What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk**  
  @nathank kicked off questions on Australia/NZ hosting and meetups, @noahl explored AI-driven theme scaffolding and admin assistants, and hel_Sinki asked about smoother “proxy + CDN + S3-compatible” installs. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387794/18)  

#Support

- **Red warnings now (new to me) when updating my site**  
  @patrickemin saw big red banners about outdated theme components; @Lilly traced them to Arkshine’s #official components and Arkshine shipped updates to both repos. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388211/1)  

- **Ältere Discourse Produktiv-Instanz 1:1 auf Testserver Migrieren**  
  elRicharde sought steps for a 1:1 clone of a legacy build; chapoi pointed to backup docs and ToddZ shared a droplet-clone approach. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388222/1)  

- **How do I assign a topic via the API**  
  @sam demonstrated leveraging our AI-bot to generate the correct REST calls for topic assignment. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388216/2)  

- **MaxMind 401 error -- have license key, can’t download**  
  ToddZ ran into 401s fetching GeoLite2 data; community members traced license and account settings to troubleshoot the #maxmind setup. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388284/1)  

- **Theme component update always installs old version (via rake or manually)**  
  toad reported an ancient release kept installing until @Moin pointed out the `.discourse-compatibility` pinning file for <3.6 sites. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388241/1)  

#Dev

- **JS No Longer Works for Theme Component**  
  Turtle’s custom chat CSS selector script broke after an upgrade; the snippet under discussion aims to reapply group and user classes via the #dev API hook. [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388198/1)  

## Activity by the @team Group

- @nat clarified AI translation usage limits in [374669/33](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/374669/33), explained the non-anon scope of `tl` in the REST API [388173/10](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388173/10), and detailed the staff override for backfill age in [388168/4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388168/4).  

- @jordan.vidrine patched the blank-page topic-voting bug in [388191/4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388191/4).  

- @supermathie reproduced the incognito visitor error on #topic-voting pages in [388191/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388191/2).  

- @j.jaffeux requested the new calendar default-view setting in [387389/8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387389/8).  

- @kris.kotlarek confirmed the #groups search fix in the admin panel in [387429/7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387429/7).  

- @martin validated the #onebox YouTube thumbnail fix and shared the cache invalidation command in [387673/14](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387673/14).  

- @lindsey updated the advanced search banner migration docs and script in [379322/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/379322/5).  

- @Lilly identified the theme components behind upgrade warnings in [388211/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388211/2).  

- @manuel confirmed the AI helper hide fix for Android tablets in [349719/17](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/349719/17).  

- @tobiaseigen organized review-queue clarifications, moving support topics and guiding users in [387493/7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387493/7), [387319/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387319/3), [387403/3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387403/3), [387431/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387431/2), [387434/5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387434/5), [388309/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/388309/2), [387612/2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387612/2), and [387452/8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/387452/8).  

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After this whirlwind of bug fixes, feature proposals, and deep dives, our coffee mugs might need a reboot—see you tomorrow for more Meta magic!

system · 13 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 132
New topics: 10
Top users:
- hugh (34 likes, 2 posts)
- Moin (12 likes, 10 posts)
- mandyk (12 likes, 5 posts)
- Falco (8 likes, 11 posts)
- Adubs (5 likes, 5 posts)
- sam (5 likes, 4 posts)
- rokejulianlockhart (5 likes, 3 posts)
- ozkn (4 likes, 1 post)
- jahan_gagan (4 likes, 3 posts)
- chapoi (4 likes, 4 posts)

Interesting Topics

A new review queue layout with all new features
hugh unveiled a rebuilt review-queue interface, complete with top-position filters, a Timeline tab for moderator notes, and an experimental feature flag to toggle back-and-forth. read more
What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk
ozkn kicked off discussions on the future of community in the age of AI, prompting Sam and Hawk to tease upcoming Discourse innovations. read more

Issue playing videos on iOS and macOS Safari
Adubs and Les79 reported endless spinners on H.264 .mp4 in Safari, and Falco traced it to proxy headers causing HTTP 200 instead of 206 range responses. read more
New Topic Header Button component: Category is not auto-detected
chapoi spotted category-detection inconsistencies in the new-topic-header-button plugin; martin verified that on-page context normally auto-sets the category. read more
Calendar: ICS file missing timezone info!
eve highlighted the absence of the TZID parameter in exported .ics files (per RFC 5545), prompting a spec-compliance discussion. read more

When copying content from a published post or preview, don’t copy links to embedded images; copy the images
rokejulianlockhart suggested embedding images as Base64 in the clipboard to preserve them even if the original post is deleted. read more
Change an existing chat discussion into a Thread
nathank asked for post-selection and migration tools to turn sprawling DMs into structured Threads; chapoi confirmed it’s on the Feature roadmap. read more
Add admin setting to change default Calendar view (Month / Week / Year)
yuriy shipped a new calendar upcoming events default view site setting, giving admins direct control over the calendar landing display. read more

Set up a category ONLY for specific Users
gordon_mrmoco learned how to use category permissions and custom groups to lock down visibility—thanks to the category permissions guide. read more
Why Can’t I Find the Mailgun API Key Setting?
pinder99 found mailgun_api_key present on some hosted sites but missing on others; tobiaseigen and Lilly pinpointed hosting differences as the root cause. read more
Email Reply Issues After Provider Change
codev struggled to untick POP3 polling after switching SMTP providers; tobiaseigen walked through credential resets and dashboard checks. read more

Theme component

Hidden User Fields
putty released a component to expose user-custom-fields only to designated groups; Moin tested logout behavior and fine-tuned the group-list schema. read more
Glacier Theme
ばこん deployed a fix for the Glacier theme and DevTeVe confirmed all layout issues are resolved in the latest update. read more

JS No Longer Works for Theme Component
jahan_gagan identified missing Ember imports and restored @service currentUser functionality with import { service } from "@ember/service";. read more
How to reliably & programmatically get the latest version number of Discourse?
FelicianoTech traced version labeling to the hard-coded Discourse::VERSION::String in lib/version.rb, clarifying why GitHub tags and Docker Hub tags differ. read more

Activity by the @team Group

hugh announced the revamped review queue in #388194
Falco diagnosed Safari range request issues in Issue playing videos on iOS and macOS Safari
sam triaged chat notification dropouts in #308082
chapoi investigated the header-button category bug in #388254
yuriy merged the calendar view setting in #387389
MarkDoerr guided on “Other traffic” bot analysis in #387434
tobiaseigen clarified Mailgun key visibility and email polling errors in #386821
Lilly confirmed the absence of the Mailgun setting on hosted sites in #386821
j.jaffeux enhanced chat search access controls in #385755
stella published the community-value blog post in #388418

It’s been a whirlwind of reviews, CSS tweaks, and video detective work—here’s to more smooth sailing (and fewer endless spinners) tomorrow!

system · 14 Noviembre, 2025 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

In the last 24 hours, the community generated 114 new posts and 9 new topics. source
Top users:
- @Moin: 12 posts, 12 likes
- @j.jaffeux: 2 posts, 10 likes
- @supermathie: 6 posts, 10 likes
- @hugh: 2 posts, 8 likes
- @RGJ: 5 posts, 7 likes
- @DevTeVe: 4 posts, 6 likes
- @nat: 3 posts, 6 likes
- @keegan: 1 post, 5 likes
- @pfaffman: 5 posts, 3 likes
- @JammyDodger: 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Installation

ice.d ran into Docker Manager gating when trying to update both Docker and Discourse at once; keegan explains why the UI requires updating docker_manager first before the main upgrade in Why is this constantly happening when I try to update?

Announcements

A redesigned moderator experience launched in the A new review queue layout with all new features topic, where hugh clarified that reviewable_notes are now queryable via Data Explorer in this follow-up.
In Introducing chat search, nathank advocated adding a quick-access Search chat button in the chat pop-up, sparking a discussion on optimizing the UI for crowded sidebars.

Bug

Reports arose of composer positioning issues on iOS, where the editor jumps unexpectedly; j.jaffeux is actively testing fixes in this thread.
supermathie traced smtp_should_reject bounce processing to a misconfigured discourse-smtp-fast-rejection filter, offering a temporary workaround in Seeing smtp_should_reject “400 bad request” failures on bounce processing.
nat discovered that discourse_reactions was overriding topic_view.posts, breaking tl=lang crawler output; a fix is pending in PR 36041.
A subtle theming bug left the iPhone notch in the wrong shade after toggling Discourse’s interface color; RGJ logged repro steps in iOS notch color / interface color selector.
The thread Undeleting replies does not change the topic’s bump date uncovered that restoring a deleted reply doesn’t reset the topic’s bump timestamp as expected.

Support

pinder99 sought guidance on locating the Mailgun API Key setting in a self-hosted instance; Lilly and RGJ clarified differences between Discourse.org-hosted and self-hosted setups in Why Can’t I Find the Mailgun API Key Setting?
Moin and Jeremie_Leroy debugged a French translation loading error across desktop and mobile in FR translation bug?
adopilot reported intermittent 502 responses from /user-cards.json; Lilly confirmed Discourse was up to date and requested console logs in User Card Directory component not working
A straightforward CSS tweak solved the issue of topic titles shifting into the header on scroll in How to hide topic title shifts to header while scrolling
cogdog explored integrating the WP Discourse Comments block into a classic Garfunkel theme; angus pointed to existing documentation in WP Discourse on Theme Lacking Site Editor

Feature

supermathie proposed better error messaging for Onebox failures behind CloudFlare challenges, to explicitly report cf-mitigated blocks in Detect and report Oneboxer failure due to CloudFlare

Dev

frye_bradley sought a way to toggle a custom Glimmer component in the composer based on category changes; Moin pointed to the discourse-custom-composer-placeholders plugin as a reference.

Activity by the @team Group

keegan clarified the two-step update flow for Docker Manager vs. Discourse in #388431.
supermathie escalated and advised disabling fast-rejection policy filters in #387431.
hugh guided moderators through the new review queue features and data access in #388194.
nat diagnosed plugin overrides in the tl=lang crawler and linked to the upcoming fix in #388443.
j.jaffeux is experimenting with various patches for the iOS composer issue in #388476.
Lilly assisted with console diagnostics for the User Card Directory errors in #388482.
lindsey weighed in on adding chat search shortcuts to the navbar in #385755.
kris.kotlarek explained badge-trigger requirements in the group search UX thread #387429.
tobiaseigen contributed feedback on workflow improvements for the new review queue in #388194.

That’s a wrap! No metaphysical puppies were harmed in the making of this summary—see you tomorrow for more Meta adventures!

system · 15 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 75
New topics: 8
Top users:
- @Moin: 11 posts, 8 likes
- @pfaffman: 6 posts, 6 likes
- @jenmck: 3 posts, 6 likes
- @mcwumbly: 4 posts, 5 likes
- @Teafh: 2 posts, 4 likes
- @RGJ: 1 post, 4 likes
- @NateDhaliwal: 6 posts, 3 likes
- @FelicianoTech: 1 post, 2 likes
- @Roi: 6 posts, 2 likes
- @Canapin: 2 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Announcements

Community members reviewed the new review queue layout with all new features (review-queue), and a lingering “You didn’t submit your changes!” warning when exiting after adding notes was tracked in Spurious notification when navigating away from review queue after adding note.

Dev

RGJ’s approach to fetch Discourse’s latest version via the API was detailed in How to reliably & programmatically get the latest version number of Discourse?.
AI-driven routing was explored by merefield in Assigning based on post content, with cross-reference to the Discourse Workflow plugin.

#Developer Guides

Developers encountered a broken link in Using the JS API and shared tips on class overrides in Override existing Discourse methods in plugins.

#Site Management

Configuration quirks with Discourse ID surfaced in How Discourse ID works, and the enabling flow was clarified in How to enable Discourse-ID login in my site.
The Composer Popup Messages Guide saw updates, and Moin reminded everyone about the don’t-mention-PM-team-members etiquette.
Automation questions popped up in Adding users to groups through custom field automation.
Self-hosting plugin woes were discussed in Install plugins on a self-hosted site, including the path from #retort to Discourse Retort.

Community

Course managers refined workflows in Using Discourse for courses in a university program, drawing parallels to subcategories requests.

Theme component

Chat integration broke under Emoji Fluff, and related emoji placement issues were fixed in Emoji is inserted at the wrong place.

UX

Filtering stalled on profile cards in Cannot filter “X posts in topics” from inactive user profile cards.

Support

Backup downloads repeatedly failed in Network error on backup download.
Visibility woes plagued search: Why my forum can’t be displayed on Google or Bing search results? sparked deep dives into Why isn’t Google indexing Discourse? SEO concerns.
Admins struggled to restore hidden posts in How to unflag/restore a post I as admin flagged, echoing silencing bugs in Stop Silencing Users After Post Decline? and solutions from jomaxro.
Video titles no longer auto-fetched in Cannot any longer retrieved YouTube titles.

Activity by the @team Group

mcwumbly chimed in on the review queue layout, suggesting renaming “Claim” to “Assign,” and later outlined best practices in the Discourse for courses discussion.
david demystified the version-check API in How to reliably & programmatically get the latest version number of Discourse?.
Lilly refined the composer popup text in Composer Popup Messages Guide and merged a patch for the Compose Center.
kelv closed the loop on emoji placement by fixing the bug in Emoji is inserted at the wrong place.

And that’s a wrap—may your flags find their perfect home and your notifications stay delightfully silent!

system · 16 Noviembre, 2025 21:04

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 53 (recent activity)
New topics: 8 (latest topics)
Top users:
- pfaffman – 6 likes, 6 posts
- jenmck – 5 likes, 3 posts
- mcwumbly – 2 likes, 1 post
- Moin – 2 likes, 3 posts
- Canapin – 1 like, 2 posts
- NateDhaliwal – 1 like, 3 posts
- Anton_Akhmerov – 1 like, 1 post
- merefield – 1 like, 1 post
- undasein – 1 like, 2 posts
- Ethsim2 – 1 like, 5 posts

Interesting Topics

Community

Anton_Akhmerov and mcwumbly debated best practices for archiving and structuring course-specific spaces in Using Discourse for courses in a university program. read more

jenmck explored forum onboarding philosophies and queried obligations for content curation ahead of the upcoming AMA in What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk. read more

undasein encountered missing options in the AI plugin’s default LLM dropdown and NateDhaliwal highlighted the LLM configuration under Plugins > AI in Can’t choose default LLM model. read more
stephtara sought guidance migrating a large Facebook group and restoring backups to a fresh self-hosted instance in Fresh install, where do I start? (+ restore + theme). read more
patrickemin reported inconsistent syntax highlighting in a particular post and Moin suggested safe-mode testing in Syntax highlighting not working in that post. read more
Canapin discussed backup download failures after migration and Ethsim2 pinpointed one-time link limitations in Network error on backup download. read more
serialcode enabled Language Switcher but noted posts remained untranslated and asa queried system-user translations in Language Switcher Problem, Not Translating Posts. read more
thoka explored preserving full mentions on copy–paste and linked to past discussions on mention behavior and the new composer in How to make copy&paste of full mentions possible?. read more
nouredin asked about translating custom sidebar links and manuel’s follow-up remains awaited in Can I translate custom sidebar links and sections?. read more
jenmck reported index titles reverting to URLs in doc categories, tried HTML rebuilds without success in Doc Categories - Sidebar titles revert to URL when editing index. read more

#Site Management

Roi faced client_id and client_secret issues with Discourse ID activation and pfaffman traced it to reverse-proxy settings in How Discourse ID works. read more

Theme component

merefield confirmed the Quick Quote component now works with the rich text composer and Lilly echoed its success in Quick Quote Theme Component. read more

pfaffman outlined a custom user field approach to show private content in posts for authors and staff in Way to make part of the post visible to author and staff only?. read more

Ethsim2 reported intermittent composer positioning and save-edit issues on iOS, tied to keyboard collapse behavior in Composer positioning issues in iOS. read more

Installation

Ethsim2 described repeated sidekiq failures during the upgrade process and sought troubleshooting tips in Why is this constantly happening when I try to update. read more

Activity by the @team Group

mcwumbly contributed category-archiving strategies in Using Discourse for courses in a university program
Lilly confirmed Quick Quote’s rich-editor compatibility in Quick Quote Theme Component

From AI model mysteries to course-space capers, tomorrow’s lineup looks just as thrilling!

system · 17 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 136
New topics: 20
Top users (posts, likes):
- nat: 9 posts, 12 likes
- Falco: 5 posts, 10 likes
- sam: 5 posts, 9 likes
- itsbhanusharma: 3 posts, 7 likes
- Moin: 4 posts, 6 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 6 posts, 6 likes
- Don: 1 post, 6 likes
- pmusaraj: 7 posts, 4 likes
- donaldsoncd: 4 posts, 4 likes
- Roi: 5 posts, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

donaldsoncd reported that DM image uploads get stuck on “Uploading” on both iOS and desktop in “Attach a file” is stuck “Uploading”.
stephtara received step-by-step guidance on configuring Discourse ID and using /logs to debug in Help with setting up Discourse ID.
wisewords observed the AI bot entering an infinite loop and spamming sentences in AI bugging out, having a mental breakdown and Falco confirmed it’s a generation loop issue.
serialcode struggled with automatic translation not showing a language-switch button and learned to enable settings in Language Switcher Problem, Not Translating Posts.
EasyChen had posts auto-translated but saw no language tags until nat explained locale backfill rates in 配置好 ai 翻译后，帖子已经被自动翻译，但是在帖子顶部和右侧没有显示语言切换按钮.

sam unveiled dv (Discourse Vibe), a tool for spinning up multiple AI-ready dev containers, in Using dv (Discourse Vibe) to configure Discourse AI in development.

donaldsoncd demonstrated an iOS layout glitch in Discourse Hub chat where the keyboard leaves a gap, and j.jaffeux confirmed a fix is coming in Keyboard pushes things up and leaves gap in Chat DM.
sam looked into a pricing-parameter bug for Gemini Pro where 0 or –1 breaks the “thinking budget” in Thinking budget for Gemini Pro, error when using 0 or -1.
Moin noted that undeleting a reply no longer bumps the topic date and sam acknowledged the behavior change in Undeleting replies does not change the topic’s bump date.

Theme component

Don shared a new moderation tool for disabling reactions per group in Restricted reactions (like) by group.

#Hosting

MikeNolan asked how to run two Discourse sites in separate Docker containers and itsbhanusharma advised on reverse proxy and Docker network setup in Anyone have experience running two separate Docker containers instead of the secondsite method?.
zhusu got stuck on the “Register Administrator Account” page post-setup and received SSH and app.yml tips in I’m stuck on the “Register Administrator Account” page and can’t register.

Installation

serialcode reported extremely slow first-load times on a Namecheap VPS and itsbhanusharma suggested switching providers or adding a CDN in My Discourse website is very slow to load the first time.
vin100 needed a simple guide to update smtp_password and got a full SSH + nano containers/app.yml walkthrough in Please les modalités simple pour modifier smtp_password.

IrisBetty proposed filtering reviewable flags by who “claimed” them and hugh confirmed the filter exists but needs renaming in Add the ability to filter by ‘Claimed by’.

Activity by the @team Group

nat resolved the Chat DM upload snag in Attach a file is stuck “Uploading”, debugged sidebar title reversion in Doc Categories - Sidebar titles revert to URL when editing index, and explained locale backfill delays in 配置好 ai 翻译后，帖子已经被自动翻译，但是在帖子顶部和右侧没有显示语言切换按钮.
Falco diagnosed the AI infinite-loop bug in AI bugging out, having a mental breakdown and outlined persona tool settings for forum-specific AI search in Support for AI Bot to Configure for a Support the community forum with latest version of Discourse.
sam showcased the new dv tool in Using dv (Discourse Vibe) to configure Discourse AI in development, investigated review-queue notification bugs in Spurious notification when navigating away from review queue after adding note, and reported on Gemini Pro budget errors in Thinking budget for Gemini Pro, error when using 0 or -1.
pmusaraj walked a user through Discourse ID setup, error log checks, and console commands in Help with setting up Discourse ID and Help with setting up Discourse ID.
itsbhanusharma offered best practices for running multiple Discourse containers—covering proxies, socket templates, and Docker networks—in Anyone have experience running two separate Docker containers instead of the secondsite method?.
hugh engaged on review queue UI enhancements, custom help links, and Assign plugin integration in A new review queue layout with all new features and clarified “Claimed by” naming in Add the ability to filter by ‘Claimed by’.
j.jaffeux acknowledged and promised a fix for the iOS chat keyboard gap bug in Keyboard pushes things up and leaves gap in Chat DM.
Lilly pointed users to the “Restricted reactions by group” theme component as a moderation sanction tool in Limit certain reactions to specific trust levels.
supermathie suggested investigating aggressive IMDSv2 SDK timeouts after ducks’s findings in IMDSv2 Support.
yuriy traced missing subcategory filters on /none pages to UI state errors and linked the fix PR in Subcategory filter disappears on /none.
tobiaseigen chimed in on unexpected “Nice share” badge awards and offered to escalate the criteria review in Has anything changed on what qualifies for the “Nice share” badge?.

Between image-upload miracles, AI meltdowns, and container debates, we covered it all—cheers to our team, and no puppies were harmed in the making of these fixes!

system · 18 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

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Key Stats

New posts: 134
New topics: 13
Top users:
- Moin: 20 posts, 13 likes (profile)
- merefield: 4 posts, 10 likes (profile)
- RGJ: 11 posts, 9 likes (profile)
- Falco: 3 posts, 7 likes (profile)
- manut: 2 posts, 7 likes (profile)
- dax: 2 posts, 6 likes (profile)
- kris.kotlarek: 2 posts, 6 likes (profile)
- awesomerobot: 1 post, 5 likes (profile)
- Ivan_Rapekas: 3 posts, 4 likes (profile)
- zogstrip: 2 posts, 4 likes (profile)

Interesting Topics

利仔1 and Moin diagnosed a global Cloudflare outage affecting multiple forums, with Bas confirming the scope in 全球 Cloudflare 服務中斷 read more.
bitti struggled with a redirect URI conflict when registering Discourse ID credentials, and zogstrip asked for the forum URL to debug in Can’t setup Discourse ID: Application with this redirect URI already exists read more.
Nima1 couldn’t locate the new AI/LLM settings in the admin UI until a simple refresh solved it in Can’t find Discourse AI and LLM settings read more.
Jack_McCarthy found that the login screen wasn’t centered on viewports under 640 px and fixed it by reverting custom width tweaks in Login screen isn’t centered on screens smaller than 640px read more.

#Installation

Isambard explored how to serve Discourse on a backup domain when Cloudflare is down, with tips on multi-hostname setups in Backup domain name: cloudflare killed my forum read more.

#Feature

manut proposed an outlined bookmark icon for unbookmarked posts to improve visibility, and awesomerobot confirmed the PR process in Change bookmark icon for non-bookmarked posts on mobile view read more.
RGJ spotted untranslated French snippets in solved topic headers and nat refined the OP in Solved post snippet is not localized in OP read more.

#Bug

RGJ and Falco traced a locale mix-up where quick title edits ignored locale selection, causing “They all exploded when I woke up” to persist in Topic title issues read more.
fufie reported chat messages appearing out of order, and nat escalated investigation after linking PR #34592 in Chat messages being processed out of order read more.
Moin discovered that video uploads on Meta hung at “100%” and dax confirmed a fix was in progress in Uploading video fails read more.
discojan alerted the team that RTL arrow tooltips were reversed in Arabic previews, sparking a Crowdin translation tweak discussion in Image preview tooltip arrows are wrong for RTL Arabic read more.
RBoy noted the Usage dashboard listed raw model IDs instead of friendly LLM names, prompting cleanup plans in Usage not showing LLM models read more.
NateDhaliwal and pfaffman hashed out the SMTP rebuild workflow after password changes in [Résolu] Please les modalités simple pour modifier smtp_password]([Résolu] Please les modalités simple pour modifier smtp_password - #9 by NateDhaliwal) read more.
small-lovely-cat uncovered a missing avatar list after a post-action refactor, and Moin linked the culprit PR in The reaction list disappeared from small-user-list after refactor read more.
sam dug into Firefox’s JIT-disabled performance hit in the composer, sharing profiler output in Topic/Reply Textbox Lagging using Phoenix Patchset on Firefox read more.

##Site feedback

jimmy0017 and Michelle_L offered review queue UI feedback—requesting IP lookup visibility and more post-registration flag actions in A new review queue layout with all new features read more.

#UX

discojan’s proposal for dynamic arrow direction variables to simplify RTL translations spurred best-practice debate in Image preview tooltip arrows are wrong for RTL Arabic read more.

#blog

david chronicled Discourse’s journey from Rails 3/Ember 1.0 to today’s modern stack in Driving Continuous Improvement at Scale read more.

Hosting

Ethsim2 shared tips on Docker networking for dual-site setups—using shared networks versus host port binding in Anyone have experience running two separate Docker containers instead of the secondsite method? read more.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco clarified localized title editing mechanics in Topic title issues and floated AI persona extensions in Button to format post content using AI.
Bas confirmed the Cloudflare outage was global in 全球 Cloudflare 服務中斷.
kris.kotlarek merged fixes for the markdown editor size in Moderation – raw markdown editor too small and patched the review-queue notification bug in Spurious notification when navigating away from review queue.
dax acknowledged the stuck video uploads and assured a targeted resolution in Uploading video fails.
awesomerobot welcomed the bookmark-icon PR and guided manut through the SVG subset update in Change bookmark icon for non-bookmarked posts.
zogstrip requested environment details to debug the Discourse ID registration error in Can’t setup Discourse ID: Application with this redirect URI already exists.
nat refined the OP on plugin snippet localization in Solved post snippet is not localized in OP and prioritized the chat ordering issue in Chat messages being processed out of order.
selase explained why staged-user deletion emails need custom messaging in Fix deleted user email handling for staged users.
david detailed a decade of backend/frontend upgrades in Driving Continuous Improvement at Scale.
tobiaseigen tidied the Mailgun key confusion by closing the thread and redirecting to the proper plugin discussion in Why Can’t I Find the Mailgun API Key Setting? and weighed in on reaction-restriction vs. moderator tools in Limit certain reactions to specific trust levels.

Happy browsing—after yesterday’s Cloudflare drama, everything is back up faster than a caffeinated squirrel on acorn day!

system · 19 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

111 new posts, 13 new topics in the last 24 hours.
Top users:
- Falco: 27 likes, 3 posts
- Moin: 13 likes, 11 posts
- merefield: 8 likes, 5 posts
- jenmck: 7 likes, 3 posts
- nat: 6 likes, 3 posts
- lilydjwg: 6 likes, 6 posts
- j.jaffeux: 5 likes, 2 posts
- NateDhaliwal: 4 likes, 10 posts
- eisammy: 4 likes, 2 posts
- seanblue: 4 likes, 2 posts

Interesting Topics

Plugin

Resenha – Add Discord-style Voice Rooms to Your Community: Falco unveiled Resenha, a new experimental Plugin that integrates Discord-style voice rooms into Discourse using peer-to-peer WebRTC and zero server overhead read more.

Dev

What’s the best way to store data with a plugin?: NateDhaliwal asked about storing a single topic ID in a plugin; Ethsim2 recommended using SiteSetting or PluginStore for lightweight key-value needs read more.
Discourse 有哪个接口能直接获取某个帖子的最后一条评论信息?: McDonald_Louise explored the REST API for retrieving a post’s last comment, and merefield confirmed a two-step count-then-fetch approach read more.

Support

Frustrations on AI spam detector: lilydjwg dove into ai spam settings, clarifying custom persona usage for Discourse’s AI spam detector with nat via /admin/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-spam read more.
Help with setting up category moderators on my site: Janine_Acherman sought to limit moderation to group owners; jenmck and JammyDodger guided on crafting a dedicated moderators group read more.
全球 Cloudflare 服务中断: Community pinpointed this as an external DNS failure, not Discourse-related, with Lilly sharing Cloudflare’s official postmortem link read more.
Chat: Is there any way to see all the users who reacted to a message?: Earnie_Baird requested a full reaction list in chat beyond “and N others,” sparking discussion on current limitations and potential feature requests read more.
I am building an invite only forum, but the invite function does not work: Frankz hit “This invitation cannot be redeemed” errors; JammyDodger walked through fresh invites and email-log checks read more.

Bug

Composer positioning issues in iOS: j.jaffeux rolled out ios composer fixes, and seanblue confirmed improvements while noting a new full-screen collapse behavior read more.
Chat messages being processed out of order: fufie traced issues to PR #34592’s timestamp logic in chat, and j.jaffeux pledged deeper investigation read more.
Search in category drop-down missing: Moin identified that lazy_load_categories_groups removal of the search box stems from #36062, with side-by-side comparisons confirming the change read more.
Topic title translation issues: MiikkaLaitila flagged missing locale selection in quick title edits; nat announced a fix and walked through manual translation steps read more.

Announcements

A new review queue layout with all new features: hugh and jenmck showcased review-queue enhancements around custom fields, IP lookup, and Revise Post triggers, with roadmap commits underway read more.

Feature

Bulk functions for assigns tab: Lilly asked for assign bulk un-assign actions similar to bookmarks, prompting positive community feedback for multi-select enhancements read more.

#Self-Hosting

Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads: tknospdr dialed in R2 settings for S3 storage; pfaffman clarified the roles of DISCOURSE_S3_CDN_URL vs. DISCOURSE_CDN_URL for true site CDN use read more.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco introduced Resenha in 389056/1 and debugged asset loading in Discourse Amazon SNS notifications 384054/6.
nat drove the AI spam detector UI in 388947/4 and patched translation workflows in 388848/8.
j.jaffeux deployed iOS composer fixes in 388476/5 and is investigating ordering in 388770/4.
zogstrip enhanced error logging and messaging in 388711/29 for Discourse ID.
hugh responded to UI questions and roadmap details in 388194/35.
Lilly championed bulk un-assign features in 389046/1 and clarified DNS outage implications in 388828/20.
blake confirmed video upload stability in 388870/3.
pmusaraj advised on plugin compatibility in 384054/5 and improved SSO error handling in 388711/29.
dax acknowledged and triaged component issues in 112773/63.
tobiaseigen guided chat feature rollouts in 385755/24.

And with all that voice-chat buzz and bulk-assign dreams, our forum’s energy soared higher than a pack of playful puppies!

system · 20 Noviembre, 2025 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 139
New topics: 19
Top users:
- sam: 12 posts, 71 likes
- HAWK: 6 posts, 39 likes
- pfaffman: 14 posts, 4 likes
- j.jaffeux: 6 posts, 7 likes
- JammyDodger: 5 posts, 5 likes
- tvavrda: 2 posts, 7 likes
- nat: 2 posts, 3 likes
- tobiaseigen: 7 posts, 2 likes
- mentalstring: 2 posts, 2 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 5 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Bug iidbae reported a Google gemini-3-api helper API response error when attempting multi-tool calls that mishandled provider_data. read more
Bug JammyDodger observed a blank and inaccessible Notifications page in the mobile view, which nat promptly fixed with an upstream merge. read more
Bug ZeroDean highlighted an inverted page column count on the subscriptions dashboard—narrow screens showed five columns while wide ones only two, prompting CSS breakpoint reviews. read more
Bug The deprecation of the overlay2 storage driver in Docker Engine v29 broke fresh Discourse installs until a containerd-based approach is adopted. read more
Support Frankz’s invite-only forum setup failed to generate working invite links, leading JammyDodger to follow up on proper group-based invitation flows. read more
Support Self-hosters discovered that running Discourse on port 3443 broke image loading and redirects due to hardcoded 443, reaffirming that non-standard HTTPS ports aren’t supported. read more
Support Mark07 asked how to edit the automated welcome PM text, and putty directed to customize the system_messages.welcome_user.text_body_template in site texts. read more
Support Upgrading older Discourse versions on 2.8.5 ended in Nginx outlet compatibility errors; pfaffman and Falco recommended fresh VM installs and app.yml version updates. read more
Support lejeczek explored deploying new Discourse images without full rebuilds, and the community shared two-container strategies and SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS. read more
Dev sam critiqued the use of PluginStore for persisting plugin data and advocated new tables and models for cleaner migrations. read more
Feature scavin proposed a permission to let users translate only their own posts under the content-localization settings. read more
Plugin The Discourse Bilibili Onebox plugin now embeds Bilibili videos when links are placed on their own line. read more
Theme component The First Login Redirect component enables smart redirects and welcome banners on group pages, configurable by trust level. read more
blog A step-by-step companion thread detailed “How Enterprise Migrations to Discourse Actually Work,” from initial calls to final cutover. read more
UX nickrsan noted that the DiscoTOC toggle hides when there are no replies, sparking ideas for always-visible navigation on documentation topics. read more

Activity by the @team Group

HAWK engaged with builders in the Live AMA to discuss partnership strategies and ambassador networks.
sam shared insights on launcher 2 enhancements and AI moderation experiments in the same AMA thread.
j.jaffeux merged critical fixes for iOS composer rendering, resolving cursor placement issues in 388476/10.
nat promptly addressed the mobile notifications bug and confirmed the rollout of fix in 389269/2.
hugh contributed a suggestion for adding a new option to the revamped review-queue layout in 388194/37.
tobiaseigen offered support on chat reactions, API assignments, and Notion embeds across threads like 389090/3 and 386618/6.
davidb merged a PhotoSwipeLightbox ratio fix to prevent unexpected scaling in the experimental component. read more
Falco chimed in on Nginx outlet errors during legacy upgrades in 389201/5.
lindsey confirmed that bump-on-edit could be restored via a plugin in the discussion at 383576/25.
ruben kicked off the companion discussion for the enterprise migrations guide in 389279/1.

Between invite-link adventures and Docker driver dramas, it’s been a thrilling rollercoaster—buckle up for tomorrow’s ride!

system · 21 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

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Key Stats

Total new posts: 92
Total new topics: 12
Top users:
- lindsey: 1 post, 18 likes
- tobiaseigen: 8 posts, 10 likes
- j.jaffeux: 5 posts, 7 likes
- Lilly: 2 posts, 6 likes
- Moin: 3 posts, 5 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 5 posts, 4 likes
- nat: 1 post, 4 likes
- Drew-ART: 3 posts, 4 likes
- tvavrda: 1 post, 4 likes
- Finder: 3 posts, 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Announcements

lindsey introduced the November edition of the Current Projects newsletter, highlighting email subject and avatar improvements, category setup streamlining, and upcoming tag localization work read more.
tobiaseigen wrapped up the live AMA with sam and hawk, invited ongoing feedback, and kept What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk open for new questions read more.

Theme component

Drew-ART launched the Sidebar Categories Organizer component, enabling up to 10 collapsible, color-customizable sidebar sections with subcategory toggles and badge controls read more.

Bug

A Galaxy Tab S10 FE user reported that the keyboard vanishes when starting a new message; j.jaffeux confirmed the repro and suggested a temporary workaround by increasing the composer height read more.
tvavrda discovered that AI-generated summaries exposed hidden tags in searches, leading to a prompt for a fix in AI Summary leaking hidden tags read more.
j.jaffeux shipped a focus/scroll fix for iOS chat GIF selection issues in Composer positioning issues in iOS after merging a discourse-gifs patch read more.
A layout glitch where expanded composer panels overlapped chat quote buttons was resolved in Chat quote buttons covered by composer with a core update scheduled for the next build read more.

Support

Users upgrading with the new containerd image store faced an unsupported storage driver error; featheredtoast proposed including overlayfs in Docker detection for Overlayfs to Overlay2, Failed on Fresh Installation, storage driver read more.
A newly created forum encountered a partial tag list in the new topic composer; the scrollbar visibility and full-screen dialog request spurred discussion in Tags Dropdown for New Topic Not Showing All Tags read more.
Moin outlined search filters for users to list only the topics they created in a category, using the created-by: and in:first parameters in Access topics I created by category read more.
Finder proposed off-screen result indexing to navigate long “Search in this Topic” results with keyboard handlers in Method for Navigating Search in this Topic Results read more.

ToddZ explored the impact of spaces in automatic group names and leveraged the EnsureDbConsistency Sidekiq job to sync custom titles in Notes on effects of changing automatic (TL, etc.) group titles via site texts read more.
sterretje and awesomerobot debated the bulk-select row-click behavior change on desktop vs. mobile, driving feedback on configurability in UX: allows to click on topic item for bulk select read more.

Feature

SailReal proposed an endpoint to ingest email bounce reports via API, aiming to decouple Discourse from specific mail providers in API to send bounce reports to Discourse read more.

Installation

Paul_King and featheredtoast troubleshooted a missing runit hook for Let’s Encrypt renewal, pinpointing rebuild-based workarounds in Bootstrap error during Discourse install: ENOENT - /etc/runit/1.d/letsencrypt read more.

Activity by the @team Group

lindsey kicked off the month’s roadmap with the Current Projects – November 2025 newsletter link.
tobiaseigen closed out the live AMA session and encouraged post-event discussion in What’s Next for Discourse: Live AMA with Sam & Hawk link.
j.jaffeux confirmed and debugged the Galaxy Tab keyboard bug in Keyboard disappears when attempting to start a new message link.
Lilly shared a settings.yml tip for category and group lists in Sidebar Categories Organizer link.
nat fixed title localization flows, linking to the upstream PR in Topic title translation issues link.
sam deployed a fix for the Google Gemini-3 API helper error in Google gemini-3-api helper API response error link.
featheredtoast adjusted Docker driver detection to accept overlayfs in Overlayfs to Overlay2, Failed on Fresh Installation, storage driver link.
tgxworld investigated bot-driven “visits” affecting the “Nice share” badge in Has anything changed on what qualifies for the “Nice share” badge? link.
HAWK confirmed ongoing use of Assign, timers, and email support strategies in How Discourse Uses Discourse link.
david resolved module load errors in the official Unformatted Code Detector component link.

Happy browsing—and may your sidebars stay organized, your bugs get squashed, and your bounce reports always land in the right inbox!

system · 22 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 42
Total new topics: 5
Top users (posts | likes):
- dementad (1 | 3)
- Epoch (2 | 2)
- Lilly (1 | 2)
- ToddZ (3 | 2)
- kaktak (2 | 2)
- tvavrda (1 | 1)
- David_Ghost (2 | 1)
- Drew-ART (1 | 1)
- jrgong (1 | 1)
- Moin (2 | 1)

Interesting Topics

Theme component

Lilly refactored the Hide Lock Badge Icon component to remove the complex category/channel selector and simplify integration view update | user reaction
Drew-ART updated Sidebar Categories Organizer with a sleek drop-down category selector, boosting navigation usability on both desktop and mobile update details | topic root

dementad installed the Resenha – Discord-style Voice Rooms plugin in under 30 minutes and provided a feature matrix of missing capabilities like room renaming and auto-expiry see feedback | plugin thread
David_Ghost encountered a TwitterCardBuilder error in the Rich JSON-LD Microdata Plugin when generating twitter_image, and kaktak traced it to a missing image plugin requirement error log | follow-up
merefield closed several N+1 performance issues in Discourse Workflow, including on topic lists and visualizations, significantly improving plugin efficiency changelog | overview

Epoch and NateDhaliwal debugged Introducing chat search, noting that post-update indexing delays hid some messages and resolving it by rebuilding the search index issue report | solution

#Site feedback

Moin asked Which categories are docs?, puzzled by UX and Dev topics bumping on edits, leading tobiaseigen to remove unexpected index settings and clarify behavior question | fix applied

tvavrda reported a strange focus box behind the logo in Safari when clicking the site home link, sharing a video reproduction and noting theme-independence issue details | discussion

supermathie began removing the faulty smtp_should_reject code path in smtp rejection handling—addressing mail bounces and forwarded-mail mismatches—and linked the conversation back to bounce processing failures and direct-delivery setup internal summary

Architect suggested improving the Account silence notification defaults to clearly distinguish manual silences from automated holds and refine the default messaging feedback | request thread
jrgong outlined new AI use cases for AI post formatting—custom translations, dyslexia-friendly restructuring, and template-based layouts—and proposed a Persona menu integration as a minimal start ideas | feature request
awesomerobot merged the mobile bookmark icon update, ensuring the non-bookmarked state icon displays correctly on mobile devices merged here | thread start

Installation

ice.d and ToddZ clarified the update sequence for Docker-based Discourse installs, confirming that if the Docker_manager step is greyed out, you can proceed with core and plugin updates help thread | solution

raadtotheraad ran into an Nginx configuration prompt after ./discourse-setup and asked about restarting Discourse without a cloud provider; merefield provided guidance on service restarts question | advice

Richie reported an Access Denied error when clicking Customise / Templates in the admin’s Experimental form templates setting, sparking investigation into feature-toggle behavior bug report | follow-up

Activity by the @team Group

Lilly refactored the Hide Lock Badge Icon component for cleaner theme integration see post
supermathie summarized and initiated removal of the smtp_should_reject logic path to fix bounce handling read summary
awesomerobot merged the mobile bookmark icon fix to ensure correct non-bookmarked state rendering merged here
tobiaseigen removed unexpected UX and Dev index settings to resolve confusion around in:docs search details
Falco confirmed that the Patreon plugin will continue using API v1 indefinitely and requested any v2 resources join discussion

All in all, our community has been refactoring badges, diagnosing microdata hiccups, and fine-tuning search like playful pups—here’s to another day of paws-itively purr-fect problem-solving!

system · 23 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 55
New topics: 7
Top users:
- merefield: 6 posts, 10 likes (e.g. suggested plugin update steps in Procedure to update standard plugins).
- Moin: 8 posts, 6 likes (e.g. resolved scheduling behavior in Schedule publishing date).
- sam: 3 posts, 7 likes (e.g. showcased Nano Banana 3 support in Gemini Flash 2.5 Image - now on Discourse).
- j.jaffeux: 3 posts, 1 like (e.g. reported on iOS composer improvements in Composer positioning issues in iOS).

Interesting Topics

Dev: mcmcclur asked how to update standard plugins now that many #plugins live in core, and merefield outlined using after_code hooks in app.yml to remove and clone repos. read more
Announcements: sam revealed Nano Banana 3 is now supported via ai in Discourse, praising its Tuscany-style lighting and detail. read more
Support: Jagster wondered why pinned topics still top the list when no unread posts exist, prompting Moin to explain the repinning logic with screenshots. read more
Support: A user’s NGINX setup prompted questions about further configuration—merefield recommended a cloud VPS and standard install for smoother support. read more
Support: Scheduled publishing wasn’t bumping topics into “Latest,” but Moin demonstrated how the timer updates timestamps and suggests manual bumping as a workaround. read more
Support: spdegabrielle asked how to auto-invite staged users—community members offered varied tips on bulk invites and group automation. read more
#Developer Guides: j127 spotted that plugin outlets should use *.gjs files, updated a deprecated theme component link, and submitted a PR for Connect to a plugin outlet.
Bug: hel_Sinki’s Sidekiq service kept crashing under runit; sam questioned the old script path, and facts from the container led to improving the run file. read more
Bug: chat notifications via push were sporadic—sam outlined PWA/HUB app differences, push debounce, and subscription quirks affecting @mentions. read more
Bug: fixes for the iOS composer are merged but not yet in stable; j.jaffeux confirmed it’s in main and depends on your update cadence. read more
Bug: email-logs no longer let you view received messages by clicking the subject—lilydjwg recalled the old behavior; the commit history is under review. read more
Feature: community suggestions for chat email independence spurred a commit to decouple frequency from general email levels. read more
Plugin: mcmcclur upgraded the official discourse-math plugin to MathJax V3, delivering a snappier experience and inviting a pull request. read more
Theme component: jenmck explored how missing categories affect the Sidebar Categories Organizer for users without access to certain clouds. read more
#Using Discourse: readers still can’t see heading anchors because opacity is zero; a CSS specificity tweak was proposed to restore visibility. read more

Activity by the @team Group

sam engaged in Announcements with the Gemini Flash 2.5 update (link), investigated Sidekiq runit fragility (link), and dove into chat notification expectations (link).
tobiaseigen provided guidance on updating core-merged plugins in “Procedure to update standard plugins” (link) and chimed in on longstanding docs placement in “Which categories are docs?” (link).
j.jaffeux reported on edge cases still affecting the iOS composer (link) and noted the signature-saving fix in the matching plugin repo (link).

Keep your Docker hooks sharp, your pins visible, and your MathJax fresh—here’s to another day of smooth forum sailing!

system · 24 Noviembre, 2025 21:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 93
New topics: 7
Top users (posts, likes):
- Moin: 11 posts, 10 likes
- JammyDodger: 5 posts, 5 likes
- sam: 4 posts, 4 likes
- jahan_gagan: 2 posts, 4 likes
- tobiaseigen: 12 posts, 4 likes
- Falco: 1 post, 4 likes
- angus: 2 posts, 2 likes
- davidb: 1 post, 2 likes
- ganncamp: 1 post, 2 likes
- Frankz: 4 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Support

Inquiry About AI Plugin Options: beitmenotyou asked if local models like Ollama can replace OpenAI in the ai plugin to reduce costs, and Falco confirmed the feature’s provider-agnostic design.
Can I hide the menu “more” on left upper corner of my Discourse Forums?: Frankz struggled with the “More” menu obscuring categories, and Moin walked through customizing the sidebar Community section and resetting to defaults.
Why my forum can’t be displayed on google or bing search results?: Frankz explored seo issues and received advice on indexing delays, settings checks, and verifying the robots.txt index directive.

Bug

Chat notification email footer still links to chat preferences: users reported outdated links in chat emails, and davidb linked to a commit fixing the footer.
Attempting to bookmark a moderator-removed comment returns “You are not permitted to view the requested resource.”: rokejulianlockhart encountered a bookmark error on hidden posts and Moin pointed to the existing UX discussion on hiding bookmark icons.
Number of group members on About page limited to 50: Ben_Cannell observed the about-page cap, confirmed no infinite scroll, and was directed to use the Data Explorer plugin for complete lists.

Feature

Can a toggle be provided to display group inboxes in sidebar?: Joshua8600 requested a sidebar shortcut for group messages, and Moin prototyped a Theme component to surface group inboxes with unread indicators.

Dev

Unable to run rspec tests for plugins: elmuerte was blocked by an enum migration error, and jahan_gagan advised running RAILS_ENV=test LOAD_PLUGINS=1 bin/rails db:migrate to apply plugin migrations.
Creating a simple page in the admin panel: mehrdad_rezaee struggled to add an admin sidebar link for a custom plugin on Discourse 3.5.0 with Bitnami, seeking guidance on resolving ad-blocker and link configuration errors.

Theme component

Sidebar Categories Organizer: Drew-ART discussed hiding empty sidebar sections, confirming that permission checks automatically collapse irrelevant sections.
Inline PDF Previews: desktop users asked if the pdf-previews component for inline PDF rendering is still maintained on meta.

#Site feedback

Composer right corner button (peek composer component being tested on meta): tobiaseigen announced re-enabling the peek composer on Meta’s branded and Foundation themes and linked the Discourse Full-Width component.

Plugin

Introducing Horizon, our newest theme: users asked about #color-schemas and chapoi explained how tertiary swatches drive the header background in _color_definitions_entrypoint.scss.

Installation

IMDSv2 Support: marco.palumbo traced an EC2 metadata hop limit issue to AWS settings, and supermathie compared this with his own instance’s working configuration.
Create self-hosting clean Incomplete cleaning: wszgrcy reset a Discourse hostname but saw stale email sender addresses, resolved by clearing shared; jahan_gagan linked the domain rename guide.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco clarified provider-agnostic AI plugin support in Inquiry About AI Plugin Options.
sam diagnosed the Docker storage-driver issue in Overlay2 is no longer installed in Docker by default.
tobiaseigen led troubleshooting across multiple threads, including syntax highlighting (read more), forum setup (read more), peek composer updates (read more), email server configuration (read more), SEO guidance (read more), PM notifications (read more), bookmark restoration (read more), translation fixes (read more), and user-card directory debugging (read more).
davidb linked the commit resolving chat email footer misdirection in Chat notification email footer still links to chat preferences.
j.jaffeux contributed to mail-receiver fast-rejection discussions in Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver, addressed plugin pinning in Signature Changes Not Saving in Discourse, and unpacked notification flow complexity in Bug with chat notifications not showing up.
chapoi detailed Horizon’s color-derivation logic in Introducing Horizon, our newest theme.
supermathie shared updates on mail-receiver fast-rejection removal (read more) and bounce-processing error follow-up in Seeing smtp_should_reject “400 bad request” failures on bounce processing.

Stay pawsitive—after 93 posts and 7 fresh topics, our meta pack is as energetic as ever!

system · 25 Noviembre, 2025 21:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

76 new posts and 15 new topics in the last 24 hours.
Top Users:
- @sam: 3 posts, 30 likes
- @supermathie: 3 posts, 5 likes
- @Moin: 7 posts, 5 likes
- @chapoi: 3 posts, 5 likes
- @Falco: 2 posts, 4 likes
- @nat: 4 posts, 4 likes
- @gormus: 1 post, 3 likes
- @pfaffman: 2 posts, 3 likes
- @wesochuck: 4 posts, 3 likes
- @dfabulich: 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Let’s talk about pictures, quoting pictures in Discourse: sam rolled out a new quote icon in the updated lightbox, making it a breeze to insert your favorite image into the composer read more.

Theme component

DiscoTOC – automatic table of contents: JBM flagged a layout glitch with the disco-toc component on iPad portrait; Moin redirected everyone to the existing bug report (see 387532 and post 1) for resolution.

Discourse Video Stream: Falco announced live RTMPS streaming support in the video plugin, complete with OBS integration and automatic recording for on-demand playback read more.
Discourse FontAwesome Pro: theme developers celebrated a fix by Alteras that restores fontawesome-pro icons after recent deprecations read more.

Can’t login to Discourse ID with Facebook: a stale-auth-cookie bug was causing silent failures; christo implemented a clear-on-error approach so Facebook logins succeed on retry read more.
Discourse App iOS Zoom Issue: RomeoArabov experienced persistent auto-zoom on the PeptidePrice community in the iOS app; chapoi pointed out font-size triggers and clarified Hub vs PWA differences read more.
Is there a way to link directly to the editing screen?: nordize asked for an “edit mode” URL and chapoi confirmed it’s not supported out of the box, inviting further discussion on potential use cases read more.
Allowing .ICS calendar files to be sent to a group inbox via email: wesochuck tried forwarding Outlook invites to a group DM and discovered .ics parts aren’t treated as attachments—Moin dove into the email-receiver code path as the next step read more.
Self-Hosting – When to Rebuild mail-receiver?: denvergeeks asked if recent SMTP changes require manual yml rebuilds, and supermathie confirmed that updating Discourse or mail-receiver covers the fix read more.

Automatically add the “Add translation” post menu button when content localization is enabled: nat highlighted confusion over missing content-localization menu items and proposed auto-including the button via PR 36210 read more.
Feature Request: Allow Users to Localize Only Their Own Topics: positive community feedback led nat to merge PR 36178, enabling content_localization_allow_author_localization by default for topic authors read more.
Add the ability to filter by ‘Claimed by’: moderators welcomed a new ‘Claimed by’ filter in the review-queue interface, improving visibility of assigned reviewables read more.

Composer positioning issues in iOS: widespread composer jumps on iOS drew a +1 from j.jaffeux, who plans to backport the fix this week for stable releases read more.

Embed additional explainer text in Form Template: Drew-ART shared a versatile component for injecting contextual form-templates via URL strings, boosting flexibility for custom prompts read more.

blog

Discourse Discover: Knowledge Base Through Conversation: stella published the latest blog showcase, surfacing inspiring community use cases and conversation-driven knowledge bases read more.

Activity by the @team Group

sam rolled out the new quote button in the lightbox for image quoting [389563/1].
supermathie confirmed that updating Discourse or mail-receiver suffices for the SMTP fast-rejection fix [389629/2] and that removing smtp_should_reject demands no extra self-host steps [389368/3].
chapoi diagnosed the iOS app zoom quirk tied to font sizes [389532/2] and clarified that direct-edit URLs aren’t available out of the box [389590/3].
Falco announced RTMPS live streaming support in the Video Stream plugin, unlocking OBS-style broadcasts with auto-recording [388754/2].
nat proposed auto-adding the translation menu item [389557/1], enabled author-only localization by default [389147/3], and flagged Horizon compatibility issues in the livestream plugin [389561/3].
j.jaffeux pledged to backport composer positioning fixes to stable iOS builds this week [388476/25].
christo fixed a stale-auth-cookie bug to restore Facebook logins via Discourse ID [388065/23].
Alteras released a patch restoring FontAwesome Pro icons in the theme component [150871/56].
tobiaseigen guided site admins on enabling allow index to improve Google/Bing indexing [388555/8].
dax clarified that DiscoTOC fetch errors stem from external factors and pointed to the pending PR for suppression [111143/480].

No puppies were harmed in the making of this summary—happy quoting and coding!

system · 26 Noviembre, 2025 21:04

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Key Stats

New posts: 89
New topics: 11

Top active users (posts / likes):

@Moin: 13 posts / 29 likes
@david: 4 posts / 14 likes
@sam: 9 posts / 13 likes
@mcwumbly: 2 posts / 11 likes
@RGJ: 3 posts / 7 likes
@NateDhaliwal: 7 posts / 7 likes
@Falco: 2 posts / 6 likes
@ToddZ: 4 posts / 6 likes
@pfaffman: 2 posts / 5 likes
@awesomerobot: 2 posts / 4 likes

Interesting Topics

Theme component #sidebar: Moin introduced a theme component that displays personal & group inbox links (with unread counts) in the sidebar and adds a compose button. Preview | repo | read more
Announcements #release-notes: Release v2025.11.0 brings AI translation enhancements, chat channel search, a new review queue, and image-post improvements. This aligns with the versioning RFC and even updates the ReviewableAkismetPost UI via PR #186. read more
Dev #dev-news: RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse has landed; Discourse is now tagged as v2025.11.0 and work on v2025.12.0-latest has begun on the latest branch. read more
Support: Total newbie struggling to preview the signup modal with a test theme—Welsh_Selkie sought help to view custom CSS on /signup and received tips on using GitHub Codespaces (details). read more
Support: Assistance needed upgrading Discourse on a Raspberry Pi—beitmenotyou hit roadblocks on v3.6.0.beta3, and sam recommended safe mode checks and running ./launcher rebuild app (post 7). read more
Plugin official math #included-in-core: Discourse Math maintainers discussed unbundling MathJax in favor of pnpm, referencing PR #36212 and the load-morphlex helper file. read more
Support #cakeday: How to remove the new Anniversaries burger-menu link—awesomerobot pointed out the discourse-cakeday plugin (see its settings), and Moin shared CSS workarounds (guide). read more
Announcements #lightbox: Let’s talk about pictures—quoting images as thumbnails vs full-size sparked debate. sam merged logic to preserve file extensions when quoting via PR #36240. read more
UX groups #trust-levels: Trust Level groups marked visible still don’t appear in /g—Steradiant’s report led to discussion on honoring auto-group visibility settings (feature request). read more
Bug #anonymization: Anonymized users could still log in—stuwest uncovered the issue, sam referenced prior notes (Can an anonymized user log in?) and submitted PR #36242 to fix it. read more
General: Discourse Meetup at CCC Congress in Hamburg? Thomas_Rother is gauging interest for an informal meetup at the 39C3 event from 27–30 Dec. read more
Feature #development: Modify SiteSettings/make SiteSettings mutable? NateDhaliwal asked if plugins can alter core settings; pfaffman suggested SiteSetting.xyz = 'value' and pointed to an example config/settings.yml. read more
Feature sidebar #personal-messages: Display number of unread messages on group inbox links—JammyDodger highlighted the need, citing Moin’s sidebar messages component for inspiration. read more
Feature sidebar #personal-messages: Can a toggle be provided to display group inboxes in the sidebar? Moin built on topic #389664 to suggest an optional toggle; see the discussion and original proposal.
Bug #lazy-load-categories: Search in category drop-down missing for users in lazy_load_categories_groups; yuriy merged PR #36218 to restore the filter. read more

Activity by the @team Group

david advanced the versioning RFC by tagging Discourse as v2025.11.0 and kicking off work on v2025.12.0-latest on the latest branch (post 42).
david expanded on Release v2025.11.0, highlighting additional features and fixes in post 7.
sam guided beitmenotyou through upgrading Discourse on Raspberry Pi, recommending ./launcher rebuild app for Docker installs (post 7).
sam patched the anonymization bug by contributing to post 4.
sam improved quoted-image handling by merging PR #36240 (post 14).
sam tested API connectivity for AI features and suggested OpenRouter when direct requests fail (post 2).
mcwumbly kicked off the v2025.11.0 announcement, showcasing AI translations and chat search (post 1).
mcwumbly weighed in on mutable SiteSettings, shaping plugin-friendly settings design (post 3).
Falco advised on performance trade-offs of running Discourse and LLMs on low-spec hardware (post 9).
awesomerobot pinpointed the discourse-cakeday plugin as the source of the Anniversaries link and guided its removal (post 2).
chapoi offered CSS workarounds for anonymous theme previews and thumbnail image quotes (post 4, post 16).
Lilly celebrated the new sidebar messages component with a in post 2.
stella shared insights on AI’s role in community knowledge bases in the Discourse Discover blog post (post 2).
lindsey debated thumbnail vs full-size quoted images in post 11.
yuriy restored category dropdown filters by merging PR #36218 (post 4).

Phew—between AI translations, Raspberry Pi rebuilds, and sidebar inbox tweaks, Meta’s never been livelier (and all puppies remain safe and sound)!

system · 27 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New Posts: 82
New Topics: 15
Data Source: Daily Summary Feedback

Top Users (posts, likes):

RGJ (6 posts, 22 likes)
david (6 posts, 7 likes)
Moin (11 posts, 6 likes)
keegan (1 post, 5 likes)
Welsh_Selkie (1 post, 4 likes)
tgxworld (1 post, 3 likes)
j.jaffeux (2 posts, 2 likes)
nat (2 posts, 2 likes)
Tealk (2 posts, 2 likes)
NateDhaliwal (4 posts, 2 likes)

Interesting Topics

RGJ introduced the Discourse Time Registration plugin, a lightweight Plugin allowing users to track time on topics via a stopwatch or manual entry, sparking a question from WorldIsMine on PM tracking (see Time Registration plugin - #3 by WorldIsMine) before RGJ clarified PMs are supported as topics (Time Registration plugin - #4 by RGJ). read more

keegan rolled out Improved Image Generation Support in Announcements, adding preset AI provider configurations for GPT-Image 1, Google Gemini Nano Banana, Flux models, and custom setups, enabling image creation via AI Bot, Illustrate Post, and AI Personas, complementing discussions in RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse. read more

Tealk asked if topic starters could reopen their own closed topics, and NateDhaliwal and ToddZ suggested flagging, category moderators, and the Topic OP Moderation plugin, while highlighting earlier requests like The topic creator should be able to close it and Allow users to close their own topics. read more
Shauny reported the mobile Support Bug “Sticky header gone” on iOS devices, with Moin confirming that disabling plugins in Safe Mode resolves the issue, linking it to recent chat plugin CSS changes, and j.jaffeux confirming the fix was merged in the release branch. read more
Welsh_Selkie thanked pfaffman, Moin, and chapoi after successfully previewing a signup modal with custom CSS and JS tweaks on a live site, marking Total newbie struggling to preview the signup modal as solved in Support. read more
jack222 found the Like button layout jumping on first click (Support), echoing a similar onebox overflow issue from Reaction popup goes off the screen. read more
hellekin flagged that the Category calendar stopped working, with new events not appearing and no logs, building on Creating and managing calendars. read more
erotus sought Documentation for all features of current Discourse, and NateDhaliwal pointed to the Documentation category and the GitHub site_settings.yml for a comprehensive list. read more

nat acknowledged that Published pages do not use theme-set --font-family and --header-font-family, escalating the page-publishing Bug report for prioritization. read more
Neil_Evans reported that “Search/Read Private not working for a Persona-driven RAG search on forums?”, with Falco probing user access and Neil confirming private subcategory issues. read more

#SiteFeedback

Moin questioned why the Cakeday plugin was disabled on Meta, leading to a deep dive into migrations and default settings by RGJ around cakeday feature flags. read more

blog

patrickemin’s Discourse Discover: Knowledge Base Through Conversation blog sparked a discussion on AI expert systems vs. forums with tvavrda debating LLM dependency on forum data. read more

Marketplace

doubleshot sought a Paid consult for ads plugin setup in Marketplace to configure Google Ad Manager, with deepvyas pointing to Add Google Auto Ads to Discourse via Google Tag Manager and nat moving the conversation to Marketplace. read more

Teafh requested Allow Moderators to Access Secure Uploads in Deleted Topics, highlighting permission errors under secure uploads and prompting community feedback on feature scope. read more

small-lovely-cat reported Unexpected scaling in experimental PhotoSwipeLightbox, breaking image ratios in the UX component after recent PRs, with the issue reproducible on Unexpected latest listing. read more

Activity by the @team Group

david responded in Announcements on Introducing pre-compiled JS assets for self-hosters, troubleshooting asset fetch errors and publishing assets for v2025.11.0.
keegan authored the Improved Image Generation Support in Discourse AI announcement, streamlining AI image provider setup.
tgxworld landed a fix for the Nice share badge criteria in Has anything changed on what qualifies for the “Nice share” badge?.
nat prioritized the font-family bug by escalating Published pages do not use theme-set --font-family to the appropriate team.
j.jaffeux confirmed the mobile sticky header issue was resolved upstream in Sticky header gone.
saquetim reported the widget post-stream removal PR merge in Upcoming post stream changes - How to prepare themes and plugins.
Juan_David_Martínez contributed to the brand header vs. versatile banner conflict resolution in Plugin Conflict Between Brand Header and Versatile Banner.
mcwumbly gathered more context on site setting mutability in Modify SiteSettings/make SiteSettings mutable?.
Falco investigated permission issues in Search/Read Private not working for a Persona-driven RAG search on forums?.

And that’s a wrap—looks like we spent more time tracking time than ever before; if someone finds the stop button, please let us know!

Enjoy your day on Meta!

system · 28 Noviembre, 2025 21:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 93
New topics: 9

Top users (posts / likes):

NateDhaliwal – 9 posts, 3 likes
Moin – 8 posts, 4 likes
awesomerobot – 5 posts, 2 likes
jordanjay29 – 5 posts, 3 likes
Falco – 3 posts, 2 likes
pfaffman – 3 posts, 2 likes
tannerabread – 2 posts, 5 likes
scavin – 2 posts, 3 likes
Discourse – 1 post, 4 likes
Shirly_Nowak – 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Issue playing videos on iOS and macOS Safari – users saw playback errors after a recent bump; tannerabread tracked the regression, merged a fix PR and plans a follow-up patch read more. Tags: video ios
Date range seems wrong – calendar pagination returned out-of-range events despite correct API parameters; community members are investigating before/after filters read more. Tags: calendar-and-event
Cakeday plugin disabled – a cleanup migration in discourse-cakeday crashes when migration_timestamp returns nil, blocking upgrades; users report SQL errors during migration read more. Tags: cakeday
Published pages do not use theme-set --font-family and --header-font-family – mismatched CSS variables in published pages were fixed in a freshly merged PR by jordan.vidrine read more. Tags: page-publishing
Received email can’t be viewed in the Email logs – email subjects were wrapped in empty links, breaking log rendering; awesomerobot confirmed a patch is queued for the next release read more. Tags: email
Warning that flair will make group visible for everyone doesn’t work for image uploads – the visibility warning tooltip failed on custom image flairs; Juan_David_Martínez submitted a PR to restore expected behavior read more. Tags: group-flair

Automated, scheduled Welcome Post That Tags New Members – proposals range from PMs to public cohort topics; awesomerobot outlined an automation-plugin workaround, while chapoi suggested an AI-bot weekly summary approach read more. Tags: Feature
Ability to display all the likes/reactions on a post – long-standing request for full reaction lists to track engagement; fzngagan encouraged community voting to prioritize the feature read more. Tags: Feature
Reducing backscatter in email interface? – after SMTP fast-rejection was removed, users ask how to handle bounce traffic; Simon_Manning pointed to the discussion on fast-rejection removal read more. Tags: Feature

#Hosted Customers

Running Out of AI credits? Available Options and Next Steps – guide on CDCK Hosted LLM daily credit limits, plan upgrades, or switching to a third-party API key read more. Tags: ai explanation