毎日のまとめ（UTC 9時）

discourse_solved_solved_topics violates not-null constraint during rebuild
Steven dug into a DB rebuild error after @pfaffman traced newline corruption in the solved_topics table, and participants compared notes with Alexander’s similar upgrade issue.
Bookmarks still exist for topics you no longer have access to
JammyDodger noticed a mismatch between their bookmark count and the empty bookmark list, proposing inaccessible bookmarks be auto-cleared.
Is it possible to have a category where users only see their own topics
In response to eXotic, JammyDodger recommended the Private Topics plugin for per-user visibility control.
Allow non-members to pm the administrator
ToddZ and JammyDodger debated external contact forms vs. email-in, linking to an email-in-for-admins guide.

Should I increase the swap file from 2GB?
Rubi clarified that modern distros use swapfiles by default, Jagster noted heavy-plugin builds may need more swap, merefield suggested live htop monitoring, and Ed_S recommended logging peaks with vmstat 5 see post 14.
Issues with AWS CDN and S3
pfaffman guided philh through domain-resolution warnings and bucket permission checks, with philh confirming standard port accessibility failures post 22.

UX

Chat unread message count in browser tab has an ambiguous relationship to a user’s preferences
a_lilian pointed out that the browser tab’s unread counter doesn’t honor the “activity indicator in header” preference, causing confusion.
Reason for editing icon is misaligned
NateDhaliwal reported the (i) icon for edit reasons sits lower than avatars and locale indicators.
What is up with those links under topics and posts?
stephtara and NateDhaliwal explored adding plugin outlets like post-links-before/post-links-after to customize the links section.

Load average ×2 since last upgrade
Julien_Palard confirmed that load normalized on 2025-12-20 and the “DistributedMutex held too long” errors ceased.
Pasted URLs process + characters improperly when they are used (properly) as spaces
MentalNomad demonstrated that pasted URLs escape spaces incorrectly, building on earlier tilde-escaping troubleshooting in post 4.

Disable all badge notifications as a user
Canapin requested a global “mute badges” toggle, echoing feedback from the badge chattiness thread.
希望ai插件可以支持nvidia的嵌入向量模型
祁同伟 shared NVIDIA embedding model info and API-key link; Falco confirmed Discourse AI’s compatibility with the NIM API read more.
Do we want to tweak “suggested” and “Related” links at bottom of posts?
ToddZ argued the Suggested label implies relevance, comparing it to the “New & Unread Topics” block’s behavior see examples and related discussion.

Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin
dougc admitted being overwhelmed by settings, and Jonathan5 proposed linking each site setting to its documentation read more.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco chimed in on 希望ai插件可以支持nvidia的嵌入向量模型 confirming NIM API compatibility with Discourse AI embeddings.

That’s a wrap—here’s to clean migrations, clear swap advice, and puppies safe from any rebuild mishaps!

sam · 2025 年 12 月 21 日午後 11:35

Gemini Flash 3.0 を使用するようにレポートを更新し、2048 の思考トークンを使用する

system · 2025 年 12 月 21 日午後 11:37

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 70
Total new topics: 8

Top Users:

Lilly: 4 posts, 9 likes
pfaffman: 8 posts, 7 likes
JammyDodger: 6 posts, 6 likes
Jonathan5: 3 posts, 4 likes
merefield: 2 posts, 3 likes
NateDhaliwal: 7 posts, 3 likes
eXotic: 3 posts, 3 likes
Steven: 1 post, 2 likes
ToddZ: 6 posts, 2 likes
Canapin: 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

Support

In Mp4 links not showing the player, copymonopoly asked whether onebox support for .mp4 URLs could be restored.
In “discourse_solved_solved_topics” violates not-null constraint during rebuild, Steven shared a screenshot of problematic solved_topics rows, and pfaffman likened it to an earlier edge case in topic #362519.
In Is it possible to have a category where users only see their own topics, eXotic wanted a private support category, and JammyDodger suggested the trusted private-topics-plugin.
Andrew_Rowe asked if non-members could send private messages to administrators in Allow non-members to pm the administrator, with the idea of exposing external forms and references to Add optional profile message button for non-members, and pfaffman pointing to the Allow-pm-to-staff plugin.

Installation

In Should I increase the swap file from 2GB?, alltiagocom checked whether their 2 GB swapfile was enough, with Rubi and NateDhaliwal affirming it and Ed_S recommending vmstat 5 to capture peaks comment.
In Built-in theme preview images missing (404) in discourse/discourse Docker image, YuriEarth spotted missing preview assets in the Docker image, and pfaffman reminded the OP to run rake assets:precompile, mirroring image-loading failures seen in the Battle Axe theme header glitch.

Feature

In Disable all badge notifications as a user, Canapin requested silencing badge pings, and JammyDodger pointed at parallel discussions in Badges and general chattiness of Discourse.

Theme component

In Clickable Social Icon Links on Profile, jenmck diagnosed missing base: and baseregex: settings for Steam and Discord links in the component’s links-settings.js.
In Filtered Topic Lists, Hyteller reported the component’s page duplicating itself in the admin after saving settings in the Object settings editor.

UX

In Chat unread message count in browser tab has an ambiguous relationship to a user’s preferences, a_lilian noted that turning off the activity indicator doesn’t stop the tab badge.
In Reason for editing icon is misaligned, NateDhaliwal flagged that the info icon sits lower than avatars when editing posts.
In What is up with those links under topics and posts?, stephtara wondered about adding publication years to post links, prompting ideas for plugin outlets.
In UX: allows to click on topic item for bulk select, ToddZ described CTRL+click overrides and NateDhaliwal cautioned about mobile browser long-press conflicts.

Bug

In Pasted URLs process + characters improperly when they are used (properly) as spaces, MentalNomad highlighted how tildes and plus signs are misescaped, echoing issues in 377739 and 376782.

#Site feedback

In Do we want to tweak “suggested” and “Related” links at bottom of posts?, ToddZ argued that Suggested implies relevance and linked to how New & Unread Topics sometimes surface random content in topic #292918.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco chimed in on 希望ai插件可以支持nvidia的嵌入向量模型, noting compatibility of NVIDIA’s NIM API with Discourse AI.
sam contributed to Daily Summary Feedback and followed up with further details later.

May your swapfiles stay cozy, badge pings stay muted, and not a single puppy was harmed in the making of today’s summary!

system · 2025 年 12 月 22 日午後 9:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

94 new posts, 8 new topics in the last 24 hours.
Top users by posts & likes:
- pfaffman: 11 posts, 16 likes
- Moin: 7 posts, 15 likes
- zogstrip: 6 posts, 10 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 5 posts, 6 likes
- tgxworld: 2 posts, 7 likes
- RGJ: 2 posts, 7 likes
- pmusaraj: 4 posts, 5 likes
- JammyDodger: 3 posts, 6 likes
- nat: 2 posts, 6 likes
- saquetim: 1 post, 5 likes

Interesting Topics

In Support, pfaffman confirmed that non-members can’t send PMs by default and shared a plugin-based solution to allow logged-in users to message @staff, with follow-ups by Andrew_Rowe and JammyDodger on usage details. read more
In Support, RGJ and zogstrip hashed out regex strategies to obfuscate and flag crypto addresses via watched words after Salocin’s request for automatic censoring. read more
In Support, Moin suggested using the composer’s “preformatted text” button to work around French iOS keyboards’ back-tick issues when posting inline code, following Salocin’s keyboard formatting woes. read more
In Support, a solved thread on restricting category visibility saw pfaffman recommend email-in or tagging to ensure users only see their own topics in a private category, fulfilling eXotic’s privacy requirements. read more
In Support, Moin explained how to manually type [wrap] placeholders in automation messages due to the missing toolbar in the RTE field, clarifying Hanaffi’s confusion in the automation formatting thread. read more

In Bug, pmusaraj and saquetim collaborated on PRs #105 & #106 to restore infinite scroll for Tenor GIF search after TheBaby5 reported missing load-more functionality. read more
In Bug, tgxworld and NateDhaliwal investigated spurious awards of the “Nice share” badge, then disabled the share badges on Meta to stop unwarranted counts in the Nice share badge glitch. read more
In Bug, zogstrip attempted to reproduce Neil_Evans’ report of new tabs opening for images when using a mouse “back” button in Safari, finding it WebKit-specific and hardware-triggered in this repro topic. read more
In Bug, nat merged fix #36817 to correct permission errors when editing titles/categories/tags, resolving the full-editor bug. read more
In Bug, contributor small-lovely-cat submitted a PR to disable the load_more_replies button while loading, improving the reply UX in this thread. read more
In Bug, sam and MentalNomad tackled malformed oneboxes for URLs with encoded spaces, merging a frontend fix in #36822 after discussing the pasted URL bug. read more
In Bug, pmusaraj requested backtraces from Julien_Palard to debug a spike in load averages tied to ActivityPub’s processing locks, logged in the load average diagnostics. read more

In Feature, joo proposed support for threaded/branched AI bot chats—allowing users to branch off any AI reply into contextual sub-threads for deep dives in this feature request. read more

In Installation, cedric_chin traced Let’s Encrypt renewal failures to an Nginx redirect quirk in the Docker template, leading nat and featheredtoast to escape a misplaced quote and patch the SSL template. read more

#Sysadmins

In #Sysadmins, Lee_Ars shared practical tips for combining wp-discourse with Cloudflare—using VPC host overrides to bypass API rate limits and prevent caching races—in this setup guide. read more

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip investigated the WebKit-specific Safari back-button bug and reviewed regex options in crypto-address censoring.
tgxworld disabled the “Nice share” badges on Meta and explained the badge miscount issue in Nice share badge glitch.
nat confirmed and triaged the certificate renewal report in Discourse certificate renewal and coordinated the Docker patch with featheredtoast.
saquetim reviewed and merged the infinite-scroll fix for Tenor GIF search.
pmusaraj provided timely debugging feedback on the GIF onebox issue and solicited backtraces for the ActivityPub load spike.
Falco assisted with NVIDIA-embedded model setup in the AI plugin discussion: NVIDIA embeddings support.
sam identified the onebox frontend fix in pasted-URL spaces and tracked down the “silent+anchor” RTE bug in Daily summary feedback.
featheredtoast pinpointed the quoting error in the Nginx SSL template, resolving the issue in certificate renewal bug.
awesomerobot acknowledged and praised the fix for the misaligned editing icon in editing icon alignment bug.

Phew—no puppies were harmed in the making of this summary, but we did rescue plenty of misplaced badges and runaway regex patterns!

system · 2025 年 12 月 23 日午後 9:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New Posts: 71 (source)
New Topics: 11 (source)
Top Users:
- Moin: 6 posts, 9 likes
- RGJ: 8 posts, 7 likes
- nat: 7 posts, 4 likes
- zogstrip: 2 posts, 4 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 5 posts, 4 likes
- HAWK: 1 post, 3 likes
- justinm: 3 posts, 3 likes
- gormus: 1 post, 3 likes
- JammyDodger: 2 posts, 3 likes
- stephtara: 2 posts, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

Community

justinm kicked off a discussion on the scaling limits of Discourse in What’s the largest community powered by Discourse?, with Falco reporting over 300k active users in post 11 and HAWK sharing scale visuals in post 13.

#Site feedback

Moin noticed the moderators@ email address is only shown in English in Email address to message moderators on about page only shown in English, ToddZ clarified the focus on moderators@ vs team@ in post 2, and JammyDodger proposed adding it as a translatable site text in post 3.

Plugin

RGJ introduced the Discourse User Location plugin that displays registration and login countries in Discourse User Location, recommended an opt-out group in post 3, and stephtara praised its utility for francophone communities in post 5.
sam chimed in on styling math snippets and cleanup suggestions in Discourse Math.

Bug

In Removed Moderator still has Moderator Flair?, southpaw simplified the solution to clear lingering flair and zogstrip added a PR to fully resolve the issue in post 9.
RGJ reported a Portuguese title glitch in Another title localization issue, > “I have never done anything in Portuguese and I don’t speak it,” was shared in post 1, and nat submitted a PR to improve AI language checks in post 3.

Dev

jrgong unveiled Advanced Topic Cards with a feature-packed rewrite in Roast my Theme Component: Advanced Topic Cards, RGJ provided layout feedback in post 3, and jrgong responded with design tweaks in post 4.
supermathie explained STARTTLS behavior nuances and confirmed an implicit-disable mechanism in Reworking the emails:test rake task output after MichaIng’s report in post 20.

Feature

gormus suggested an Add backgroundColor option for easier tag separation in Add backgroundColor option for Tag Icons theme-component.
stephtara critiqued complaint-driven development and shared insights on selection bias in community feedback in Badges and general chattiness of Discourse.

Theme component

DevTeVe called for per-user toggles in the festive Winter snow theme component in post 23 and NateDhaliwal noted the limits of theme component settings in post 24.

UX

NateDhaliwal found the locale menu flickers behind the composer in Cannot bring up locale chooser when creating topics and nat is on the case in post 2.

Support

tobiaseigen highlighted a workaround for non-members emailing admins in Allow non-members to pm the administrator with a suggestion for a theme component button.
malaynayak asked about bypassing email tokens for backups in Automating Discourse Backup Download and RGJ advised using a secure S3 bucket in post 2.
祁同伟 asked for NVIDIA embedding support in the AI plugin in 希望ai插件可以支持nvidia的嵌入向量模型, with the community diagnosing a baseURL typo.

Activity by the @team Group

Falco and HAWK chimed in on the scale of Discourse communities in What’s the largest community powered by Discourse? and post 13.
southpaw simplified the moderator badge fix in Removed Moderator still has Moderator Flair?, and zogstrip added a resolving PR in post 9.
nat proposed stronger language-detection checks in Another title localization issue.
nat updated the AI translation logic in Topic title translation issues.
zogstrip attempted to reproduce the Safari back-button bug in Back button on macoS desktop Safari causing new tabs to open.
nat is tracking down the composer locale-chooser glitch in Cannot bring up locale chooser when creating topics.
featheredtoast confirmed a rebuild is required after the certificate fix in Discourse failure to renew certificate.
dax clarified HTML sanitization rules in the new welcome banner in Advanced Search Banner.
nat submitted a PR to prevent sidebar title reversion in Doc Categories - Sidebar titles revert to URL when editing index.
awesomerobot realigned the edit-icon in Reason for editing icon is misaligned.
sam offered guidance on math plugin cleanup in Discourse Math.
supermathie outlined TLS-forcing edge cases in Reworking the emails:test rake task output.

It feels like we went from mapping the biggest Discourse communities to making it snow—what a 24-hour rollercoaster!

system · 2025 年 12 月 24 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 51
New topics: 6

Top users

zogstrip – 5 posts, 8 likes
stephtara – 2 posts, 7 likes
RGJ – 2 posts, 7 likes
sam – 2 posts, 7 likes
awesomerobot – 1 post, 7 likes
appeltaartje – 2 posts, 3 likes
pfaffman – 4 posts, 3 likes
david – 1 post, 3 likes
Moin – 2 posts, 3 likes
huynhthai824 – 1 post, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

General

awesomerobot highlighted the challenges of capturing exit feedback when hosting subscribers cancel, and stephtara underscored the value of user research with naive users in General feedback on Dev team priorities read more

Theme component

RGJ proposed bringing back CSS live reloads in production with a theme component in Live Reload in Production read more
Hyteller asked about mobile support and sessionStorage expiry in Custom User Menu

appeltaartje suggested a floating quote button for selected chat text to streamline quoting in topics in Select and Quote Chat Text into Topics with a Floating Quote Button read more

#Translations

AriDou reported a typo in the Japanese translation key user_notifications.confirm_old_email.text_body_template and zogstrip pointed to the Crowdin workflow in Typo in Japanese translation: user_notifications.confirm_old_email.text_body_template read more

UX

NateDhaliwal’s mobile locale chooser bug was fixed by keegan’s PR in Cannot bring up locale chooser when creating topics read more
JammyDodger’s fix for orphaned bookmarks was merged and celebrated by zogstrip in Bookmarks still exist for topics you no longer have access to

mcmcclur and sam continued refining MathJax integration, coordinating Ember funnels and loader tweaks in Discourse Math read more

zogstrip committed a PR to correct a date‐range display glitch on the dashboard in UI date range display bug on dashboard
zogstrip confirmed that all affected chat plugins are now up to date in Chat Email Preferences Broken?
small-lovely-cat proposed using recentActivityUrl to fix undefined bookmark links in FIX: Link in activity cell of bookmark page will return /t/undefined when bookmarkable_type != Topic
per1234 raised a workflow gap where deleting a spam-flagged post leaves accounts silenced in Account left silenced without review when user deletes spam flagged post
pfaffman observed that rebuilding still renews Let’s Encrypt certs in Discourse failure to renew certificate

#Sysadmins

huynhthai824 shared a reverse‐proxy guide for WordPress and Discourse on a single VPS in Running Discourse with WordPress (Docker) on a single VPS using Nginx Reverse Proxy

#Hosting

dontdieych explored skipping DNS and SMTP checks via Tailscale magicDNS in Install with tailscale magicdns for personal use (Laptop ↔ VPS)

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip reviewed the Japanese translation typo report in 392070
awesomerobot kicked off the feedback thread in 392075
sam reorganized the general feedback into its own topic in 392075
david recommended a group‐based live reload setting in 392089
keegan delivered the mobile locale chooser fix in 391959
dax provided a workaround for a protected site‐text key in 392070
Falco guided an update for subfolder installs to restore the “Show Full Post” button in 390811
mcwumbly weighed in on making the floating quote button more discoverable in 392100
renato confirmed the storage change for Rewind dismissals in 390847
zogstrip steered the dashboard bug fix in 391952
zogstrip resolved the orphaned bookmark link issue in 391822

After yesterday’s sprint chasing everything from CSS reloads to localization quirks, it feels like we herded more bugs than puppies chasing squeaky toys!

system · 2025 年 12 月 25 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

21 new posts and 4 new topics in the past 24 hours source
Top users:
- mcwumbly: 3 posts, 3 likes (post #7, #9, #11)
- appeltaartje: 2 posts, 3 likes (post #8, #10)
- chapoi: 2 posts, 1 like (392128/2, 392117/4)
- TheWalkingDead110: 2 posts, 1 like (392106/1, 392106/3)
- pfaffman: 2 posts, 1 like (392106/2, 392079/6)
- cathys: 2 posts, 1 like (144479/144, 61653/22)
- singi2016cn: 3 posts, 1 like (392117/1, 392117/3, 392120/1)
- Salocin: 1 post, 1 like (392128/1)
- Hyteller: 1 post, 0 likes (372817/11)
- NateDhaliwal: 1 post, 0 likes (392117/2)
Top team members:
- mcwumbly: 3 posts, 3 likes (283879/7, 283879/9, 283879/11)
- chapoi: 2 posts, 1 like (392128/2, 392117/4)
- zogstrip: 1 post, 0 likes (391609/2)

Interesting Topics

Feature Floating buttons in chat for quoting, editing, copying quotes, and Ask AI (chat)
appeltaartje proposed renaming to “Floating buttons in Chat when selecting text (Quote, Edit, Copy Quote and Ask AI)”, and mcwumbly and the team mapped out UX constraints around multi-message selection and mobile long-press interactions view topic | read more
Bug Is something missing? (missing icons on tag labels) (tags tag-icons)
Salocin noticed category tags like Completed and Fixed lacked their icons, and chapoi confirmed the tag-icon assets aren’t loading view topic | read more
Marketplace Discourse Ads Help (JS/HTML/CSS, advertising)
TheWalkingDead110 asked for a workaround to allow <script> tags in House Ads, and pfaffman offered custom Glimmer component solutions and continued via email view topic | read more
Support 通过 https://discourse.theme-creator.io/ 开发主题是否仍然可用？ (theme-creator)
singi2016cn faced syncing issues with Theme Creator; NateDhaliwal suggested local dev or GitHub, and chapoi checked console logs and advised local setups view topic | read more
Theme component: User Card Directory (official user-card-directory)
cathys reported that the infinite scroll broke in 3.6.0.beta3-latest for the card directory plugin, likely due to recent modernization changes view topic | read more
Bug Reactions sometimes not displayed when like count is missing (reactions)
zogstrip started investigating a display glitch and posted a WIP fix in GitHub #36865 view topic | read more
Dev How to change the style of the email template of the digest? (activity-summary)
cathys asked about styling only the digest email without affecting notifications, prompting guidance on template overrides view topic | read more
#Hosting: Install with Tailscale MagicDNS for personal use (Laptop ↔ VPS) (unsupported-install)
dontdieych confirmed that skipping connection tests, disabling Let’s Encrypt, and running rake admin:create worked; pfaffman reminded to enable force_https if needed view topic | read more
Support minimum_discourse_version in theme config doesn’t accept date-formatted versions
singi2016cn found that 2025.12.0-latest throws a 422 error in about.json and asked if this should be fixed view topic | read more
Plugin Collections (experimental)
Hyteller hoped for a built-in gallery-style collection system where users can group favorite topics, but discovered it’s not available yet view topic | read more

Activity by the @team Group

mcwumbly clarified scope and UX trade-offs for the Floating buttons in chat feature request, especially around multi-message quoting and mobile behavior discussion
chapoi confirmed and diagnosed the missing icon issue in the Is something missing? tag-icons bug report discussion
zogstrip kicked off an investigation into the Reactions display bug when like counts are absent and linked a WIP PR (#36865) discussion

Stay paws-itive—today we floated buttons, tagged icons, and rounded up themes faster than a puppy chasing its tail!

system · 2025 年 12 月 26 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 22
New topics: 3

Top users by activity:

zogstrip: 5 posts, 8 likes
chapoi: 2 posts, 3 likes
singi2016cn: 1 post, 3 likes
ccdw: 1 post, 2 likes
denvergeeks: 1 post, 1 like
Moin: 2 posts, 1 like
per1234: 1 post, 1 like
david: 1 post, 1 like
Heliosurge: 2 posts, 1 like
Falco: 1 post, 1 like

Interesting Topics

Support

Local theme development over remote
singi2016cn discovered that remote theme creation via https://discourse.theme-creator.io is no longer ideal and suggested updating the docs to point newcomers to local setups, with chapoi and david adding their perspectives read more.
Edit history link fix
zogstrip explained how PR #36870 corrects the missing edit history error and detailed the consistency job schedule before and after the change read more.
Subscription payment error
Ryan_Hyer raised “A payment method of type card was expected” errors during subscription renewals in the Discourse Subscriptions plugin, and the community is working through Stripe parameters to resolve it read more.

Bug

AI triage script sends image data
per1234 reported that the “Triage posts using AI” script in the Automation plugin always includes image attachments, prompting zogstrip to merge fix PR #36871 read more.
Spam deletion silences account
Deleting a spam-flagged post was inadvertently silencing users without review after PR [#36471], but zogstrip confirmed it’s now fixed by PR #36873 read more.
Missing tag icons
Salocin flagged missing tag icons, and zogstrip linked this to PR #36867 set to restore them read more.
Reactions UI edge-case
Moin explored why reactions aren’t displayed when the like count is absent, uncovering subtle permission checks in can_act vs can_undo read more.

Plugin

Discourse Video Stream enhancements
ccdw asked about modifying endpoints to support Bunny CDN, and Falco confirmed the Discourse Video Stream plugin architecture makes this straightforward read more.
User Location plugin pairs with flags
Heliosurge praised how the Discourse User Location plugin works seamlessly with country flags read more.
Collections feature scope
denvergeeks questioned why the Collections plugin can’t create categories, and Heliosurge pointed out expected limitations for experimental read more.
Bilibili Onebox media limits
Chinese platform embeds like Xiaohongshu and Douyin were requested for the Bilibili Onebox, with scavin noting iframe restrictions block these for now read more.
RSS Polling guide update
dontdieych suggested the RSS Polling plugin instructions on preventing unlisted embeds need refreshing for current settings read more.

#Developers

Common JS imports for components
chapoi shared a curated list of imports to avoid VS Code AI hallucinations when building Theme Components read more.

Marketplace

Seeking Chinese developer talent
cheng_25 is looking for experienced Chinese developers to build a #Discourse 3.5 plugin with AI chat and payment integrations, asking for past case studies read more.

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip resolved multiple issues, including the edit history link bug (link), the AI triage image payload (link), the spam deletion silencing edge-case (link), and missing tag icons (link).
chapoi contributed to the theme-creator docs discussion (link) and improved developer experience for Theme Components JS imports (link).
Falco chimed in on CDN support for the Discourse Video Stream plugin (link).
david clarified that Theme Creator remains supported and explained preview workflows for remote theme development (link).

That’s a wrap – our sleigh of bug fixes and feature chats is off to a festive sprint!

system · 2025 年 12 月 27 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 62
New topics: 16
Top users:
- @alltiagocom: 14 posts, 10 likes
- @Moin: 6 posts, 6 likes
- @m_terenui: 5 posts, 6 likes
- @nat: 6 posts, 5 likes
- @NateDhaliwal: 2 posts, 5 likes
- @chapoi: 7 posts, 3 likes
- @denvergeeks: 2 posts, 3 likes
- @Roi: 1 post, 2 likes
- @merefield: 1 post, 2 likes
- @opcourdis: 3 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

UX

alltiagocom proposed that required tag groups should only apply to users who can use those tags, as admins currently bypass tag requirements, and discussed with Moin and chapoi a fix to hide the warning when no tags are available to non-admins. read more
Canapin reported a sidebar positioning glitch when custom HTML above the header shifts the sidebar on scroll, and sought CSS/JS workarounds. read more

Support

m_terenui found that pinned topic excerpts aren’t localized in the correct language—titles translate but excerpts remain in English—and was advised to split feature requests into separate topics. read more
m_terenui observed that topic localizations aren’t updating pinned excerpts on the topic list; nat is investigating refreshing TopicLocalizations. read more
BCHK asked how to stop hosted Discourse accounts and secure full backups; Moin and zogstrip pointed to the cancellation guide and support inbox. read more
m_terenui inquired about renaming the Discourse AI chatbot URL for branding; chapoi noted it’s hardcoded in the plugin’s routes. read more
xu2 (in Chinese) asked when plugins can be installed directly from the admin UI; NateDhaliwal confirmed CLI-only and shared the install guide. read more
opcourdis couldn’t see groups in the assignment dropdown despite settings allowing them; chapoi explained the need to search for group names. read more
Stew_Pid requested letting Trust Level 4 users release first-post queues; chapoi suggested enabling category-group moderation as a workaround. read more
Moin worried that auto-resolving flags on deleted posts could hide abuse and asked if this is intended behavior. read more

Theme component

denvergeeks released an External Links Icon theme component to add icons to external links, and chapoi recommended transparent, larger screenshots for clarity. read more

Bug

alltiagocom found that the Documentation Plugin index topic doesn’t rebuild after a restore; nat explained the one-time doc_categories:build_sidebar rake task. read more

General

The Legacy Advanced Search banner admin notice was accidentally deleted by ismax, prompting a brief discussion about hiding admin notices. read more
Canapin drafted a short admin doc for Discourse maintenance and asked the community if anything was missing. read more

Dev

alltiagocom shared a Composer reminder component that displays custom messages for selected users/categories to help enforce tagging workflows. read more

Activity by the @team Group

nat extracted m_terenui’s localization issue into bug topic #392232/1, is looking into excerpt refresh logic, and guided on closing vs. voting workflows.
nat recommended running the one-time rake task to rebuild documentation sidebars in bug #392225/2 and clarified why it wasn’t implemented as a migration read more.
chapoi highlighted that tag requirements are bypassed for admins and pointed to existing documentation in topic #392238/5.
chapoi suggested using a transparent screenshot to illustrate the link icon component in topic #392222/2, clarified group search in assignments in topic #392242/2, and proposed TL4 category-moderation in topic #392243/2.
zogstrip pointed BCHK to the support links on the admin dashboard for hosted account cancellations in topic #392221/3.
mcwumbly backed the idea of a “regular mode” or sudo fallback for admins and moderators to address the tag-requirement edge case in topic #392238/6.

Feel free to high-five a puppy for each solved issue yesterday!

system · 2025 年 12 月 28 日午後 9:02

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 37 (view all)
New topics: 8 (browse new topics)
Top users (by posts & likes):
- eisammy: 2 posts, 9 likes (“Happy New Year, Discourse <3 Thank you so Much”)
- zogstrip: 4 posts, 7 likes (“How do I assign a topic via the API”)
- merefield: 4 posts, 6 likes (“Locations Plugin ”)
- NateDhaliwal: 4 posts, 5 likes (doc backup tips)
- Ed_S: 2 posts, 5 likes (SSH & backup advice)
- per1234: 1 post, 2 likes (triage automation bug)
- luftaquila: 2 posts, 2 likes (local Ollama error)
- Heliosurge: 3 posts, 1 like (backup script thread)
- RGJ: 1 post, 1 like (plugin installer discussion)
- Lilly: 1 post, 1 like (AI gists UX feedback)
Top @team members:
- zogstrip: 4 posts, 7 likes (422 error fix, AI triage oversight, API assignment guide)
- HAWK: 1 post, 0 likes (community gratitude)
- Falco: 1 post, 0 likes (chatbot URL customization)

Interesting Topics

Praise

Praise
eisammy kicked off the New Year with a heartfelt thank-you post, reflecting on community growth and connections in “Happy New Year, Discourse <3 Thank you so Much”

General

General
Ed_S and Heliosurge reviewed a draft admin docs guide—emphasizing backup strategies, SSH tips, and escalation paths in “I’m writing a short documentation for admins of Discourse forums I’ve helped set up. Do I miss something in it?”

Support

Support
toanvoc asked whether Discourse supports AI modes and overviews—zogstrip probed clarification around “AI overviews” and “AI modes” in “Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?”
Support
A Chinese-language discussion on plugin installation woes, with NateDhaliwal and stephtara brainstorming UI solutions in “什么时候可以在管理后台直接安装插件？”
Support
bohdan noticed Google search shows the wrong community name and NateDhaliwal linked similar cases and troubleshooting steps in “Why does Google show a different Discourse community name?”
Support
alltiagocom debated the safety of daily-only backups vs. hourly snapshots; merefield weighed in on trade-offs and maintenance in “Is daily backups enough?”
Support
Falco explained that chatbot URLs aren’t customizable out of the box and suggested forking the plugin in “How to change the url of AI chatbot to remove any reference to Discourse (self-hosted)”

Bug

Bug
per1234 reported that “Needs Approval” flags from the automation plugin aren’t visible to moderators—zogstrip confirmed an oversight and linked a fix PR in “‘Needs Approval’ review items from ‘Triage posts using AI’ script of ‘Automation’ plugin not visible to moderators”
Bug
Dismissing admin upgrade notices triggered 422 errors; zogstrip tracked it to missing cleanup steps and merged a patch in “Dismissing upgrade available notifications leads to 422 errors”
Bug
luftaquila encountered a 500 error when pairing Discourse AI with local Ollama; the community traced it to an unsupported model and recommended swapping to Qwen2.5:3b in “Discourse AI with local ollama Internal Server Error”

UX

UX
Lilly flagged inconsistent icon fills for the desktop gist button in expanded mode, sparking a style review in “Ai gists button fill doesn’t seem quite correct”

Dev

Dev
jenmck requested guidance on adding checkbox fields to the events plugin’s modal; helpers pointed to custom component and transformer approaches in “Adding a field to the create event modal in the calendar/events plugin - I’m stuck!”

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip addressed the 422 error when dismissing upgrade notices—see post #3, fixed moderator visibility for AI triage flags in post #3, and explained API assignment endpoints in post #7.
HAWK chimed in with New Year encouragement in post #3.
Falco clarified URL customization limits for the self-hosted AI chatbot in post #3.

Looks like we had a full 24-hour sprint of docs, celebrations, and bug fixes—time to rest those keyboards (and maybe celebrate another year of awesome community spirit)!

system · 2025 年 12 月 29 日午後 9:02

# Today on meta.discourse.org...

## Key Stats
- **New posts:** 59  
- **New topics:** 9  

- **Top Users (last 24 h):**  
  - @Moin: *11 likes*, *7 posts*  
  - @Heliosurge: *10 likes*, *3 posts*  
  - @NateDhaliwal: *8 likes*, *3 posts*  
  - @pacharanero: *8 likes*, *2 posts*  
  - @sam: *7 likes*, *4 posts*  
  - @zogstrip: *6 likes*, *2 posts*  
  - @Falco: *6 likes*, *2 posts*  
  - @Richie: *5 likes*, *2 posts*  
  - @jordan.vidrine: *4 likes*, *2 posts*  
  - @supermathie: *3 likes*, *2 posts*  

## Interesting Topics

### #Support
- **Is daily backups enough?** @elmuerte dove into the difference between #backups and replication, and @Jagster, @Ed_S, @Richie and others debated backup frequency trade-offs [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392282/1)

- **Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?** toanvoc asked about first-party AI integrations, @zogstrip questioned the definitions, and @Falco highlighted the built-in AI Mode and overviews feature [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/1)

- **Suppression of admin/mod accounts from /about** @supermathie requested an easy toggle to hide staff on the About page, only for @Moin to point out the existing `about_page_hidden_groups` site setting [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392344/1)

### #General
- **New Here** A newcomer asked about forum etiquette and rules, with Heliosurge and @NateDhaliwal welcoming them to #feature-requests, #marketplace, and pointing to the [FAQ](https://meta.discourse.org/faq) [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392290/1)

### #Dev
- **Could I get these PRs reviewed?** @sam chimed in on dev-XP guidelines, outlining when to add outlets and what tests to include to support @NateDhaliwal’s pull requests [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392297/2)

### #UX
- **DMenu drop down selected/hover/focus states are a bit confusing** After @sam flagged odd focus visuals, @jordan.vidrine tracked down and merged a fix for the first-item selection state [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392277/1)

- **502 error – chatables** @Moin traced a 30 s timeout in the chat serializer, and @zogstrip shipped a performance patch to eliminate the error [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392286/1)

### #Extras
- **‘Clip To Discourse’ Chrome Extension** @pacharanero unveiled an LLM-driven clipper for web content to Discourse—purely supervised AI code—and earned applause from @gilles [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392335/1)

### #Bug
- **Groups search does not show all groups** @SomeoneElse noticed only 36 groups rendered at certain widths; @chapoi confirmed the repro, and @saquetim linked it to a recent fix awaiting the next stable release [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392334/1)

### #Marketplace
- **Help Needed Fixing a Discourse Scrolling Bug** @David_Len reported a layout shift that breaks “jump to last read,” and @Heliosurge asked for component and build details to narrow down the culprit [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392274/1)

### #Feature
- **Chrome/Firefox extension “Share to discourse”** @pacharanero pointed back to his earlier add-on as a potential solution for longstanding share requests [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/21104/1)

- **AI translator should translate summaries too** @nat moved a comment about excerpts into the main issue tracker to ensure AI localization covers topic summaries as well [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/380067/5)

### #Plugin
- **Custom Wizard Plugin :mage:** @jenmck and @Moin debugged broken pricing links and confirmed the Pavilion plugin now ships free by default [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/73345/929)

### #Theme-component
- **Live Reload in Production** @david and @pfaffman compared dev vs prod CSS roll-outs, then explained why stylesheet updates defer to the next page load to prevent unexpected user breakage [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392089/5)

### #Site-feedback
- **Daily Summary Feedback** @sam added #site-feedback:forum-summaries to the linkback-ignored categories and asked the community for any further suggestions [read more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/291853/276)

## Activity by the @team Group
- **@sam:** Provided dev-XP guidance in [Could I get these PRs reviewed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392297/2), refined DMenu focus visuals in [DMenu drop down selected/hover/focus states are a bit confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392277/2), and streamlined summary linkback rules in [Daily Summary Feedback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/291853/276)  

- **@zogstrip:** Clarified AI terminology in [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/6) and patched the chat timeout in [502 error – chatables](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392286/5)  

- **@Falco:** Confirmed built-in AI features in [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392260/9) and flagged an AI-sourced backup suggestion in [Is daily backups enough?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392282/9)  

- **@jordan.vidrine:** Fixed the selection state bug in [DMenu drop down selected/hover/focus states are a bit confusing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392277/3)  

- **@supermathie:** Proposed granular control for About-page visibility in [Suppression of admin/mod accounts from /about](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392344/1)  

- **@saquetim:** Verified the group-search repro and tied it to a stable-branch fix in [Groups search does not show all groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392334/3)  

- **@chapoi:** Re-classified the group-search issue to #bug for clearer triage in [Groups search does not show all groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/392334/2)  

After juggling backups, chat fixes, AI modes and Chrome clips all day, our Meta community deserves a cup of cocoa—don’t forget to back up your mugs! 😄

system · 2025 年 12 月 30 日午後 9:03

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 64
New topics: 9

Top users

nat: 3 posts, 7 likes
zogstrip: 5 posts, 6 likes
rishabh: 1 post, 4 likes
chapoi: 2 posts, 4 likes
haydenjames: 4 posts, 3 likes
pfaffman: 4 posts, 3 likes
dontdieych: 2 posts, 3 likes
mcwumbly: 2 posts, 2 likes
merefield: 1 post, 2 likes
Canapin: 3 posts, 2 likes

Interesting Topics

In Support, haydenjames asked about how long the automatic “New user typed too fast” silence lasts or where it can be configured; chapoi confirmed it defaults to 1000 years and suggested filing a feature request post #1 | solution.
In Support, Jonathan5 asked if the Discourse API can accept an external URL to return topics linking to it; merefield showcased the /search.json approach and pfaffman pointed to the TopicLink table via the Data Explorer plugin initial | example query.
In Support, davidkingham reported that Fontawesome icons broke post-upgrade; pfaffman suggested mapping changes to new icon names could be the culprit details.
In Support, Bank_Live asked how to change the icon displayed on Google search, and nat recommended setting a 512×512 manifest icon, as Google typically serves that icon discussion.
In Support, Brandon007 explored setting noindex for an entire category; pfaffman confirmed that a custom plugin is required for this use case details.

In Bug, Moin and zogstrip traced missing chat badge counts for replies in DMs; zogstrip delivered a fix via PR 36918 and shared detailed logs post #5 | update #8.
In Bug content-localization, nat fixed missing localized excerpts on pinned topics via two PRs (#36885, #36901) and documented a rake backfill task report.
In Bug composer, renato merged a patch to prevent markup corruption when copying tables in the rich editor, which rokejulianlockhart confirmed fixes the issue patch | test.

Announcements

In Announcements release-notes, rishabh introduced Release v2025.12.0 featuring Discourse Rewind, a new review queue layout, GitHub PR status oneboxes, and live tag creation UI overview.
In Announcements release-notes, mcwumbly rolled out two security and maintenance releases (v3.5.3 & v2025.11.1) to address CVE-2025-64528, which prevented user enumeration when enable_names is off v3.5.3 | v2025.11.1.

#Extras

In #Extras rest-api user-api, Canapin’s Clip To Discourse Chrome extension discussion saw dontdieych recommend the SingleFile browser extension suggestion and pacharanero plan for clipping selected text as markdown thread.

Marketplace

In Marketplace, Heliosurge and Moin debugged a viewport-scrolling bug in a theme-component widget and discussed using plugin outlets for placement details.

General

In General, Andrew_Rowe and Canapin refined a Discourse admin guide, leading to a fully translated tutorial shared by Canapin guide.

In Plugin #sysadmins, philh drafted a full guide for configuring AWS S3 storage and CloudFront CDN integration with Discourse, backed by AWS Support feedback on lifecycle rules guide.

In Feature, Canapin revived the “Share to Discourse” browser bookmarklet idea, showcasing a snippet to create new topics directly from any page and a video demo of the workflow example.

Activity by the @team Group

nat contributed key fixes to content-localization excerpts in #392232/6, resolved Fontawesome icon mapping in #392401/1, and guided manifest icon settings on Google in #392385/1.
zogstrip investigated missing chat badge counts in DMs and implemented a fix in #384734/8.
chapoi clarified the default silencing period for new users typing too fast and suggested filing a feature request in #392392/5.
rishabh unveiled new features in Release v2025.12.0, including Discourse Rewind and live PR statuses, via #392314/1.
mcwumbly published two security updates (v3.5.3 & v2025.11.1) to address a user enumeration issue in #392357/1 and #392356/1.
Bas explained how moderators receive notifications for auto-silenced users and pointed to the review queue in #392392/2.
renato merged a patch to fix composer markup corruption when copying tables in #392035/2.
david expanded on Release v2025.12.0’s additional features and bug fixes in #392314/3.

It’s been a whirlwind of silent users, icon hunts, and live PR statuses—may your notifications stay meaningful and your code merge cleanly!

system · 2025 年 12 月 31 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 32
New topics: 3

Top users by recent activity (posts and likes):

NateDhaliwal (5 posts, 7 likes)
RGJ (1 post, 7 likes)
Moin (4 posts, 3 likes)
Lilly (1 post, 5 likes)
chapoi (1 post, 3 likes)
Brandon007 (3 posts, 3 likes)
pfaffman (2 posts, 2 likes)
merefield (1 post, 2 likes)
Thomas_Rother (1 post, 1 like)
zogstrip (1 post, 1 like)

Interesting Topics

Dev

NateDhaliwal discovered the elusive currentUser service isn’t a standalone file but is injected via the inject-discourse-objects initializer (post #2) after noting no current-user.js in app/services. read more
hipp0 asked how to target CSS selectors for red unread indicators and hover states—NateDhaliwal offered snippets for .sidebar-section-link-suffix and a.badge-notification.new-topic::before (post #2), plus notification-menu tweaks (post #3). read more
merefield revived the discussion on moving themes/plugins to .gjs, suggesting a discretionary API for cross-component registration in post #24. read more

Support

Brandon007 sought a way to apply noindex across an entire category. pfaffman explained using login-only access (post #5), Salocin weighed the UX trade-offs (post #7), chapoi urged votes on the feature request (post #8), and renato clarified use cases (post #10). read more
Rubi reported missing “typed too fast” alerts for silenced users. Moin checked moderator PMs (post #10) and proposed a data-explorer automation to broadcast silencing events (post #12). read more
davidkingham isolated a fontawesome-pro regression by removing the plugin and observing the return of non-Pro icons (post #4). read more
RBoy spotted Redis exceptions disrupting live notifications, posting error dumps from redis-client in post #15 to tee up deeper logging analysis. read more

Feature

Lilly wants finer ai-summarize controls to exclude RSS-style categories from AI gists and curb billing—sparking a feature thread on category-level toggles (post #1). read more
ToddZ and Jonathan5 combined ideas for linking site-settings to their documentation, discussing per-group and per-setting nav links (post #6). read more

UX

Moin and zogstrip walked through a “502 error – chatables” example, anonymizing group names in posts #13 and #14) to debug the chat payload. read more

General

Thomas_Rother returned from the CCC Congress in Hamburg and shared videos of talks (16K+ attendees!) on https://media.ccc.de/ in post #8. read more

Activity by the @team Group

chapoi guided votes on the “How to noindex topics within a specific category?” thread, reminding everyone to upvote the feature request (post #8).
zogstrip provided an anonymized data snippet in the “502 error – chatables” discussion to illustrate the issue (post #14).
renato asked for clarity on use cases in the same noindex thread, ensuring the solution fits Brandon007’s WordPress integration (post #10).

With 32 posts, 3 fresh topics, lively debates on Dev, Support, Feature, and even a Hamburg meetup recap, we’ve color-coded our CSS and tamed search-engine robots—so rest easy, the puppies are safe and the meta is merry!

system · 2026 年 1 月 1 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 30
New topics: 7

Top Users (past 24 h):

Andrew_Rowe – 5 posts, 5 likes
Lilly – 3 posts, 3 likes
zogstrip – 4 posts, 3 likes
hipp0 – 3 posts, 0 likes
ToddZ – 1 post, 2 likes
Moin – 1 post, 2 likes
jahan_gagan – 1 post, 1 like
Don – 1 post, 1 like
fokx – 1 post, 1 like
stephtara – 1 post, 1 like

Top Team Contributor: zogstrip – 4 posts, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

Support Andrew_Rowe wondered if it’s possible to remove the Categories and Tags buttons without resorting to CSS hacks post #1, jahan_gagan confirmed there’s no built-in toggle post #2, and ToddZ shared a neat CSS workaround post #4 read more.
Bug In the Difficult contrast of tags and categories topic, users flagged that white text on banners was hard to read, and Moin posted before/after screenshots to demonstrate improved visibility original report fix preview.
Bug The Log anonymizer details setting was not fully anonymizing usernames; zogstrip opted to replace sensitive fields with a notification message issue logged community response.
Bug Undeleting replies does not change the topic’s bump date – zogstrip confirmed this will be addressed in an upcoming fix thread start resolution details.
Bug New users posting too quickly will trigger a review process, and zogstrip asked for JS error details when the review UI hung user report triage discussion.
Bug A 502 Error / Unicorn Timeout on the Rewind page for active users was reported by Don; consistent timeouts in data aggregation are pinpointed in the logs error screenshot topic overview.
Bug In Own username and avatar displayed when looking at other people’s Rewinds, zogstrip confirmed that customizing the wording is possible and linked to a PR initial report solution steps.
Bug The Category calendar stopped working for some instances; Andrew_Rowe and others noted no events showing in calendar view original post follow-up discussion.
Feature A new 百度统计插件配置 thread details installation and configuration steps for integrating Baidu Analytics in Discourse setup guide thread overview.
Dev Converter to change gregorian date to jalali on the frontend received an update from Arta_S with additional conditions to cover edge cases latest update full discussion.
Plugin The Discourse Yearly Review plugin gained a user request for a subcategory inclusion checkbox to control hierarchical content in annual summaries user suggestion plugin page.
Theme component: The Fireworks Component saw a PR from Lilly that refactors and adds acceptance tests to the New Year display PR comment component thread.
Dev hipp0 reported difficulties aligning the hamburger dropdown with the main content, seeking CSS tweaks to synchronize margins issue details full post.
Dev Another thread tackled centering the logo in the header, with community-suggested CSS snippets floating around for alignment problem description discussion.
Dev A fun request to add green random Matrix FX behind welcome text saw early attempts at embedding HTML/CSS in a theme component, sparking more ideas brainstorm post thread link.

Activity by the @team Group

zogstrip replaced username anonymization rather than deletion in the Log anonymizer thread link.
zogstrip confirmed a fix for the undelete bump date issue and linked the upcoming patch link.
zogstrip investigated JS errors for the new user review hang-up and provided diagnostic queries link.
zogstrip enabled wording customization in the Rewinds avatar scenario and shared the PR reference link.

It’s been a whirlwind of fixes and fireworks —here’s to a smooth 2026, see you tomorrow!

system · 2026 年 1 月 2 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

New posts: 54 stats overview
New topics: 12 stats overview
Top users (last 24 h):
- @stephtara: 13 posts, 4 likes
- @ToddZ: 4 posts, 2 likes
- @sam: 3 posts, 6 likes
- @serkhelesheyi: 2 posts, 3 likes
- @Falco: 1 post, 3 likes
- @martin: 1 post, 3 likes
- @zogstrip: 1 post, 2 likes
- @merefield: 1 post, 1 like
- @NateDhaliwal: 1 post, 1 like
- @Don: 1 post, 1 like

Interesting Topics

@sam and @Don uncovered a 502 Error / Unicorn Timeout on Rewind page for highly active users that surfaces when Rewind processes users with tens of thousands of posts.
@zogstrip centralized log prefixes in the automation plugin to provide a clear warning when it fails to send email if 2 emoji in title.
@serkhelesheyi reported that topic titles are overlapping the header on mobile in the Horizon theme again, tracked in Issue with Topic Titles Overlapping Header in Horizon Theme in mobile.
@stephtara noted that quoting another topic in the composer yields mismatched preview vs. published output in Quote from other topic does not match preview once published, spurring discussion on backend rendering.

@stephtara kicked off an exploration of Facebook-to-Discourse transitions in Migrating from Facebook: specific challenges, and some thoughts, weighing tooling needs and user onboarding.

@Falco and @angus resolved the “Show Full Post” button issue in subfolder installations by following redirects within the same domain in “Show Full Post” button doesn’t work in subfolder installations.
@NateDhaliwal advised consolidating site customizations into the Marketplace after @hipp0 asked how to lower the header icons into the main outlet.
@chapoi confirmed that swapping the Filtered search on the sidebar with the main welcome search requires custom development, pointing to Marketplace for paid work.
@Frankz requested guidance on displaying content excerpts for topics without images when using the Topic List Thumbnails theme component.

@sam has moved Discourse Math’s heavy JavaScript into a dedicated gem in discourse_math_bundle, easing future updates.
@tknospdr resurfaced interest in using Discourse Assign as a self-service ticket-assignment tool, pointing to earlier discussions on regex-based assigns.
@Neil_Evans flagged compatibility errors when enabling the Tickets Plugin under the latest Discourse release.

@westes asked why subscriptions aren’t supported natively in Hosted Discourse, despite the subscriptions plugin being bundled, in Why Doesn’t Discourse Have Native Support for Subscriptions?.

Announcements

@serkhelesheyi suggested extending the word-frequency feature in Degauss your screens, Discourse Rewind 2025 is here to non-English languages like Persian.

Marketplace

A PAID migration request for FUDforum 3.1.3 by @Christian_Bailey seeks help moving 26 k posts and 4 k topics within two weeks.

Activity by the @team Group

@sam asked for user-scale details in the 502 Error / Unicorn Timeout thread and later confirmed a timeline in post 6. He also advanced progress on Discourse Math in post 259.
@Falco validated the fix for subfolder embeds in “Show Full Post” button, confirming resolution.
@martin proposed a fix via PR #36940 to address the Unicorn timeout issue.
@zogstrip enhanced logging in the automation plugin to warn about email failures in post 6.
@chapoi enforced policy by closing a CSS question in post 2, guided header icon placement in post 4, and noted complexity around swapping search bars in post 2.
@supermathie proposed removing notifications for disabled badges to prevent 404s in post 1.

And that’s the wrap—no puppies were harmed while debugging unicorn timeouts!

system · 2026 年 1 月 3 日午後 9:01

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

114 new posts
11 new topics
Top users (likes, posts):
- itsbhanusharma (17 likes, 8 posts)
- Moin (14 likes, 13 posts)
- tobiaseigen (12 likes, 8 posts)
- NateDhaliwal (10 likes, 6 posts)
- Ed_S (9 likes, 4 posts)
- Canapin (9 likes, 5 posts)
- HAWK (8 likes, 3 posts)
- pfaffman (7 likes, 4 posts)
- merefield (5 likes, 3 posts)
- j.jaffeux (4 likes, 1 post)

Interesting Topics

In Community, westes sparked a deep dive into funding models in Forum maintenance cost, proposing user‐to‐user tipping economies and drawing HAWK’s cautionary views on extrinsic motivators (read more).
In Community, stephtara revisited private messaging policies in Thoughts on Turning Off Personal Messaging and Chats, where Heliosurge highlighted the Private Message Keyword Scanner theme component as a guardrail against off-thread advice.

In Feature, westes challenged the $100/month barrier for the Subscriptions plugin on the Starter plan, prompting itsbhanusharma to outline how self-hosting on a $15 VPS plus occasional maintenance can slash annual costs (details).
In Feature, Moin announced that the “Only return topics/posts…” filter is now multi-select in Combining multiple advanced search filters, following the merged PR #36697.

In Support, tobiaseigen and patrickemin debugged inconsistent YouTube title fetching in Cannot any longer retrieve YouTube titles, uncovering differences between www.youtube.com and youtu.be domains (more info).
In Support, bryce showed how to insert an 8-space tab via   entities in How do you make a TAB indentation (8 spaces)?, with Canapin recommending a userscript for repeated use (read more).
In Support, hipp0 asked how to display full timestamps in topic lists in Show timestamp posted for topic post, and Moin solved it using the Relative date duration setting plus a dates.tiny.date_month site text tweak (solution).

Marketplace

In Marketplace, pfaffman outlined the custom import requirements for PAID Migration from FUDforum 3.1.3, noting that parallel email list mbox archives ease content preservation.

Dev

In Dev, NateDhaliwal walked through installing the Gitee 码云登录插件 into /var/www/discourse/plugins, and pointed to the standard plugin installation guide.

In Plugin, mcmcclur advanced MathJax V4 support in Discourse Math, enabling alt-click zoom and applying a CSS fix for MathJax issue #3489.
In Plugin, Yuan_Yao asked for WeChat Pay and Alipay in Discourse Subscriptions Plugin, and pfaffman recommended separate plugins modeled after the core payments system (discussion).

In Installation, tobiaseigen weighed centralized multisite hosting against standalone containers in Pros and cons of multiple standalone containers vs one for multiple Discourse installs?, with AstonJ sharing an Apache + HAProxy multi-backend setup.
In Installation, Canapin clarified that Discourse does not auto-apply builds despite the dashboard timestamp in Does this mean everything is auto-updating?, explaining the “Mettre à jour” button and occasional Docker_manager/CLI rebuild steps.

Theme component

In Theme component, Moin detailed how to rebake existing excerpts after tweaking TLP settings in Topic List Previews (TLP), with merefield explaining cache key invalidation when excerpt lengths change (info).

In Bug, j.jaffeux provided an update on the iOS composer layout in Composer positioning issues in iOS, noting that Apple’s modal/keyboard quirks are mostly addressed in the January patch.

Activity by the @team Group

HAWK cautioned against extrinsic motivators in Forum maintenance cost and debated fraud safeguards in Forum maintenance cost.
j.jaffeux tackled the iOS composer misplacement in Composer positioning issues in iOS.
bryce outlined an HTML non-breaking space approach for tab indentation in How do you make a TAB indentation (8 spaces)?.
mcwumbly advised on scripting needs for the PAID Migration from FUDforum 3.1.3.

Despite 114 posts, not a single puppy was harmed—only our keyboards got a little more exercise!

system · 2026 年 1 月 4 日午後 9:07

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

Total new posts: 86 (for example, see the Subscriptions debate)
Total new topics: 7 (for example, see Hide a Specific Category)
Top users:
- Moin: 9 posts, 14 likes
- merefield: 7 posts, 8 likes
- RGJ: 5 posts, 8 likes
- itsbhanusharma: 4 posts, 7 likes
- pfaffman: 4 posts, 6 likes
- tom_eric: 1 post, 5 likes
- Falco: 3 posts, 4 likes
- westes: 11 posts, 4 likes
- HAWK: 1 post, 3 likes
- ToddZ: 2 posts, 3 likes

Interesting Topics

In Feature subscriptions, westes asked why the $20/month Starter plan doesn’t include the Subscriptions plugin, prompting HAWK to explain that the support load makes it economically unviable support rationale and itsbhanusharma to point to self-hosting as an alternative read more

In Support, Eman_Ahmed asked how to hide a category from one admin; Moin recommended the Suppress secured categories from admin setting Moin’s suggestion and pfaffman noted it’s not a strict security feature pfaffman’s caveat read more
In Support, ToddZ showed how the replies button surfaces direct responses via thread settings, answering westes’s query on jump-to-reply thread guide read more
In Support, one1 discovered that the Default composer category setting controls why new posts land in Support, guided by itsbhanusharma’s pointer composer setting read more
In Support, MachineScholar and NateDhaliwal dug into Discourse’s automation scripts to uncover where placeholder variables for new topic titles live, mapping out DiscourseAutomation::Scripts::Topic code paths script code read more

In Community, IB student Aasrith_Arva solicited short ethical perspectives on open-source commercialization; RGJ and merefield debated whether monetization obliges contributions versus one-off sponsorships survey call read more
In Community, westes and peers weighed the symbolic value of rewarding excellent posts versus forum health, with HAWK invoking 25 years of moderation experience experience note read more
In Community, Heliosurge flagged formatting quirks in the Daily Summary tool and misclassified theme components example report read more

In Plugin, tom_eric unveiled Moetwemoji, a super-lightweight AVIF animated emoji set with override or supplement modes for dynamic reactions project repo read more
In Plugin, pfaffman suggested converting the 百度统计 plugin into a theme component, simplifying front-end JS injection without a full plugin install theme tip read more
In Plugin, mcmcclur shared Discourse Math enhancements—toggling menus, accessibility tweaks, and an AI proofreader demo—while hunting down missing KaTeX fonts proofread demo read more

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In blog, jrgong requested a locale argument for the new MCP read tool to toggle German KB and English translations, and Falco agreed it’s a solid feature ask locale feature read more

In Installation, qi_lu reported repeated QQ Mail send errors despite successful delivery; logs showed “dubious ownership” hints in the container filesystem error trace read more