Discourse hub opening forums in chrome not PWA

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The discussion revolves around an issue with the Discourse Hub app opening forums in Chrome instead of as a PWA. Epoch initially reported that the app opens to the login screen and bypasses the authorization screen, directly loading the forum without using the PWA. rishabh clarified that the Discourse Hub app is not designed to open or add PWAs, suggesting users add a PWA manually via Chrome. Epoch later clarified that the behavior varies between forums—some prompt authorization while others do not—and shared a video for further investigation. rishabh acknowledged the issue and involved pmusaraj to confirm if it’s a known problem or fixable.

New install of discourse, when trying to open in the discourse hub app it opens to the login screen, you log in then it takes you right to the forum. You dont get the authorize screen and it never opens in the PWA just chrome. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

I believe that’s how the discourse-hub app works, and it is not designed to open or add a PWA. If you want to add a PWA, you can visit the Discourse URL in Chrome and Add to Home Screen from there. If I misunderstood your question, looping in @pmusaraj to confirm.

Sorry, I misunderstood my user, it looks to be opening correctly. There is a weird thing happening where on one forum it asks her to authorize, the other just lets her in.

I have sent you a video via message.

OK! I’ve looped Penar into that message, in case he has seen it before or has already made a fix.