pfaffman released a new Classic About Statistics theme component that restores legacy statistics functionality, receiving positive feedback from the community for preserving useful legacy features.
UX
Discussion about recent changes to the signup form where chapoi explained the pivot to only marking optional fields and removing redundant instruction text.
Bug
Users reported issues with S3 backups failing after updating to latest version. pfaffman provided detailed analysis of the underlying cause related to S3 configuration settings.
A Google SSO signup failure with fullscreen login was reported and subsequently fixed by the team.
Support
Questions raised about understanding max image height settings, with Lilly providing detailed explanations and examples of how the image sizing works.
Discussion about topic deletion failures related to AI plugin integration, with Falco investigating the root cause.
Feature
Request for SCIM support as service provider continues to gather interest.
Discussion about caching onebox images and serving them from the main domain.
Developer-Guides
New guide published for developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces, providing a streamlined setup process for developers.
Site-Management
New helper documentation released for AI-powered auto captions, including cost estimates and configuration details.
A user inquired about determining if Discourse client distributions are free software, leading to an informative discussion about Discourse’s open source nature and plugin architecture.
francis_exalate reported issues with search functionality when looking for specific code terms, highlighting differences between Discourse’s native search and Google site search.
ambimorph sought help with email job failures, reporting over 3,800 failed email jobs requiring investigation.
#CATEGORY: Bug
king_laurel identified an accessibility issue in the category selector, noting potential WCAG compliance concerns.
Users reported ongoing issues with S3 backup functionality, which martin resolved with a pull request fix.
#CATEGORY: Feature
SkyeDragon proposed adding remote image download support for chat, similar to existing forum post functionality.
#CATEGORY: Developer Guides
A comprehensive guide for using Dev Containers with Discourse was published, detailing setup and configuration steps.
#CATEGORY: Theme
Updates to the FKB Pro Social theme introduced new settings for disabling topic list modifications.
#CATEGORY: UX
Discussion continued around staff notice positioning and potential improvements to reduce ambiguity.
#CATEGORY: Site Management
A detailed exploration of customizing system email templates provided insights into email customization capabilities.
A detailed discussion about free software and Discourse licensing emerged, with multiple users explaining the distinctions between free software, open source, and customizations
Users seeking help with permalink configurations for migrated content, with supermathie suggesting using Permalink Normalisation as a solution
Discussion about system user avatar behavior in notifications, where custom images weren’t displaying correctly
Question about alternative signup pathways and improving the application approval process
Inquiry about implementing custom platform features directly into Discourse without plugins
Feature
Request for the Brave default theme, with Lilly providing guidance on how to achieve a similar look using existing theme settings
Bug
Report about removing !important CSS declarations to improve button state accessibility
wordpress
Question about webhook behavior for comment counting after post deletion
UX
Discussion about staff notices positioning across different themes
Theme
Updates to DarkPixlz’s Modern Theme with new profile features
Site feedback
Report about strange AI helper appearance which was subsequently resolved
king_laurel discovered an issue with the “back” button appearing inconsistently in the interface. HAWK and Lilly provided guidance on how to reliably reproduce the button for styling purposes.
A question arose about disabling replies to Discobot, with dax suggesting either disabling the bot entirely or changing its welcome message type to prevent user replies.
willie sought guidance on updating from beta to stable version, where pfaffman explained why downgrading versions isn’t possible.
HAWK provided support in multiple threads, including guidance on Communities of Practice and avatar decorations.
Lilly assisted users with technical issues, particularly in the back button visibility thread and provided corrections in the Daily Summary Feedback topic.
dax contributed to discussions about disabling Discobot replies and shared configuration tips.
jordan-vidrine addressed styling issues in the code block sizing thread.
tobiaseigen provided guidance on affiliate tracking and installation procedures.
gerhard submitted a PR to fix the Permalink.create issue.
david shared insights about the this-property-fallback deprecation and mass PR tools.
sam provided guidance on AI bot personas.
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A thoughtful discussion emerged about Communities of Practice and how Discourse can support them effectively. nathank and simon shared insights about purpose being a key foundational pillar and how Discourse naturally supports CoP use cases.
An important conversation about language correction in communities concluded that actively correcting users’ grammar may discourage engagement, though title curation remains important for searchability.
UX
darkpixlz reported an issue with pie chart readability on desktop, which was later identified as a Flatpak Brave browser-specific problem.
Zomb documented their journey troubleshooting iPhone video uploads, ultimately resolving it by adjusting upload size limits in both admin panel and nginx.
A user sought help with customizing the ‘confirm your new account’ email template, which Lilly helped locate under the “Signup” email template settings.
Frits_van_der_Veer reported a blank page issue when resuming the Discourse iOS app, which pmusaraj acknowledged and promised to fix this week.
willie received guidance on displaying hidden post menu icons through adjusting site settings, with Lilly providing the solution.
jimmy0017 sought assistance with setting up AWS Cloudfront as a CDN, leading to discussions about proper CDN configuration.
noahl inquired about updating topic reaction icons with branded designs, which awesomerobot provided detailed guidance on.
willie asked about making categories visible for non-logged-in users, with Lilly suggesting solutions using site settings.
Bug
Users reported issues with unread chat thread indicators persisting incorrectly, particularly in AI bot conversations.
Sherran reported problems with users not receiving verification emails, leading to troubleshooting email configuration settings.
Installation
Discussion about optimizing PostgreSQL and Discourse DB performance, with users sharing resource allocation experiences.
Theme Component:
alehandrof suggested improvements to the “Be the first to reply” component, recommending alternative icons.
Feature
Users discussed the need to disable chat threads in DMs, with sam suggesting changes to default threading behavior.
Dev
denvergeeks shared insights about using Ghost Blog/CMS integration for custom page creation and management.
UX
Discussion about staff notices positioning and their visibility in the interface.
Data & Reporting:
Users explored data explorer queries for tracking active users, including both lurkers and posters.
chapoi proposed increasing chat avatar sizes in the sidebar from 22px to 28px, with sam providing feedback about maintaining consistent sizing with channel icons.
A user sought guidance on optimizing Postgres and Discourse DB performance after migrating a site with 500k topics and 3.5M users to Discourse, sparking discussion about database optimization strategies.
Support
Discussion about blocking search engine indexing for specific categories where Don suggested using TL0 permissions as a solution to restrict bot access.
A user reported CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) issues impacting SEO with URLs containing “?page=X” parameters, showing significant performance degradation.
Question raised about managing Terms of Service acceptance for existing logged-in users, with discussion about tracking consent versions.
SSO
User encountered OAuth2 configuration challenges with scope-related issues, leading to authentication failures and timeout problems.
UX
chapoi discussed potential improvements to chat avatar sizes in the sidebar, including the possibility of allowing emoji choice for chat channels.
Theme Component
Updates to the Quick Profile Links Menu component, with Don implementing improvements to provide faster access through the user menu tab.
Feature
Discussion about Discourse AI branding where sam confirmed that Discourse AI is properly advertised when making AI shares.
Dev
A user shared a guide for adding a floating back button for mobile users, though discussion suggested that swipe navigation might be sufficient.
Bug
Investigation into S3 CDN URL configuration with MinIO, discussing proper endpoint setup and bucket naming conventions.
Hosted Customers
Official documentation released about Managing Staging Sites on Discourse Hosting, explaining setup and synchronization options for Enterprise customers.
ted announced important changes regarding email normalization being enabled by default to combat spam signups through plus addressing. This change aims to prevent multiple accounts from being created using email variations.
A discussion about hiding topic view counters emerged, with Lilly providing CSS solutions for both site-wide and category-specific implementations.
Mihir.R inquired about mobile/desktop view toggling, with multiple team members emphasizing the importance of keeping this feature accessible, especially for tablet users.
Arkshine introduced an exciting new Emoji Fluff component that adds optional variations and animations to emojis. The component received positive feedback from the community, with Lilly and Bas praising the implementation.
Don provided significant updates to the Quick Profile Links Menu component, including improved UI elements and new customization options for the user menu tab.
Bug
paulofonseca.eth reported a server error when accessing topic revisions on a specific topic. supermathie and sam investigated the issue and confirmed it would be addressed within 7 days.
Heliosurge identified an issue where YouTube titles were being omitted from oneboxes. pmusaraj suggested it might be theme-related.
Dev
Mohsin136 sought guidance on implementing push notifications for a white-labeled app. merefield and pmusaraj provided solutions using OneSignal and Amazon SNS plugins.
Isambard proposed using quantized embeddings for DiscourseAI to reduce storage requirements, noting >90% performance with 32x less storage.
Support
jrgong requested the ability to display custom text for featured links, particularly useful for affiliate links that display network domains instead of shop pages.
willie inquired about monitoring offensive language in personal messages to issue warnings. Moin suggested using watched words functionality.
#Translations
Victoria_sheep offered to contribute to Chilean Spanish translations, bringing professional translation experience to the community.
Feature
Overgrow proposed adding support for various Amazon short domains in the affiliate plugin, including a.co, amzn.eu, and amzn.to.
SSO
A user documented their challenges with OAuth2 implementation, with supermathie providing debugging guidance for HTTP traffic inspection.
email
Discussion continued on email trimming improvements, focusing on preserving code blocks in email replies.
#Hosting
Users shared experiences with SMTP providers in a discussion about email service options, with recommendations for transactional email providers.
