# Discourse 2.4 released!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862 "2020-02-28T08:49:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/1 "2020-02-28T08:49:05Z")
Originally published at: [Discourse 2.4 released!](https://blog.discourse.org/2020/02/discourse-2-4-released/)
Today we release Discourse 2.4, building on Discourse 2.3 from last year. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a new set of codenames based on the history of human communication; this release is Cuneiform. Hardware Security Keys We shipped support for authentication apps in prior releases of Discourse, but nothing defeats hacking and phishing as…
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### Author:  [@rizka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rizka)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/2 "2020-02-28T14:02:34Z")
> **Polls can be set to close at a certain date and time** , and Staff can also export poll data with a single click for further analysis if needed.
The bolded shouldn’t be there because it’s not a 2.4 feature, it’s older. With 2.4 you can restrict voting to certain groups and create polls with just one option, though.
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/3 "2020-02-28T14:16:45Z")
:awthanks:
**THANKS YOU awesome Discourse Team** 👏
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Edited:
Testing lines with bigger emotions
🚀 This line starts with normal emoticon.
🚀 This line starts with bigger emoticon. :lol:
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### Author:  [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/4 "2020-02-28T18:47:37Z")
> [@SidV](#):
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> awesome Discourse Team
Aren’t they always that? :discourse: (just found this is an emoji)
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### Author:  [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/5 "2020-02-28T19:55:28Z")
I’m so proud of the growth Discourse has had. Amazing work, team! 👏
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Vega](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Vega)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/6 "2020-02-28T21:17:45Z")
I can’t wait to share the news with all the Discourse sites I know of! 🥳
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### Author:  [@jord8on](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jord8on)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/8 "2020-03-10T05:14:19Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> When inserting a hyperlink from the composer, all you could do is paste in an URL. How dull! Now you can dynamically search for existing topics directly from that very same field. Just start typing to begin your search!
Wow!! This is awesome 🙏
Former JiveX users will love this! JiveX would allow you to @mention content, people, and spaces in their communities. Just making a reference here, in case any former Jivers are looking for how to mention/lookup/link to other community content.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-released/142862/9 "2023-10-11T11:21:50Z")
[Discourse 2.5 released!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-5-released/155844)