# Discourse 2.7 Released! | Blog

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861 "2021-05-18T20:44:05Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/1 "2021-05-18T20:44:05Z")

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Today we release Discourse 2.7, building on [Discourse 2.6](https://blog.discourse.org/2020/11/discourse-2-6-released/) from last November. For post 2.0 releases we’ve chosen a [new set of codenames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codenames-for-post-2-0-discourse-releases/89212) based on the history of human communication; this release is [Strowger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch) and represents the invention of the telephone.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2021/05/discourse-2-7-released](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/05/discourse-2-7-released)

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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/2 "2021-05-19T16:59:17Z")

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Wow! We’ve achieved so much with this release. Nice work, everyone! ✨

I am excited about all the new features, but my favorite by far is the ability to pause gifs. Now if only it were possible to pause my cat.

![c019e59ad2fa6de8588c13cdc6bbd9ac193602c7](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/c/fc93ee9115462964540269cd29894f57206029df.gif)

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### Author: ![Justin\_Vega](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin_vega/32/159021_2.png) [@Justin\_Vega](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Vega)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/3 "2021-05-19T21:20:01Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Remember you can always get to Invites via the “Share” button at the bottom of every topic… which we’ve also improved!
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> ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/3/e3d2c841ee95c87920f733d8d5bad3016f1127f4.png)

Is that simply just used as a fallback? I thought Discourse uses the [Web Share API](https://www.w3.org/TR/web-share/).

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/4 "2021-05-19T21:32:31Z")

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Yes, on mobile I believe that is true!

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### Author: ![Justin\_Vega](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin_vega/32/159021_2.png) [@Justin\_Vega](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Vega)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/5 "2021-05-19T21:34:10Z")

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Oh, why doesn’t it happen on desktop?

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-7-released-blog/190861/6 "2023-10-11T11:19:50Z")

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