# Discourse Version 2.6

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-6/151394
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** release-notes
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-6/151394 "2020-05-13T21:40:17Z")
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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 13, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-6/151394/1 "2020-05-13T21:40:17Z")

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### Focus

- ✅ Automatically use dark and light modes depending on OS settings @pmusaraj

- ✅ Add font selection theme step to the setup wizard @nbianca

- ✅ Improve category moderation. Category moderators should have TL4 like rights on moderated category. @jamie.wilson

- ✅ Rename `allow moderators to create categories` to `moderators manage categories and groups` [Allow moderators to create groups - #40 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-create-groups/41408/40) @jamie.wilson

- ✅ Allow users to opt out of badge notifications: [Let experienced users skip "new to Discourse" features - #36 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-a-user-disable-badge-notifications/63137/36) @vinothkannans

- ✅ Remove tags bulk action: [Bulk Actions: "Remove Tags" in addition to "Change Tags" - #4 by jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-actions-remove-tags-in-addition-to-change-tags/52145/4) @techapj

- ✅ Allow staff to manually trigger a “slow mode” in topics per [Post Rate Limit Trigger for a topic that's heating up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-rate-limit-trigger-for-a-topic-thats-heating-up/98294) @Roman

- ✅ [ADA / WCAG compliant contrast theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wcag-high-contrast-color-palettes-for-low-vision/168795) shipping by default

- ✅ Allow merge user to work on accounts with lots of posts [Merge users - core feature vs plugin - #4 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merge-users-core-feature-vs-plugin/153802/4) @vinothkannans

- ✅ Add auto-close after {x} replies and [create new linked topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linked-topics-splitting-and-managing-megatopics/168992) as an optional site setting to deal with megatopics @techAPJ

- ✅ general oneboxing feedback improvements due to instagram / facebook changes @jamie.wilson

- ✅ move the (extensive) category settings to a dedicated page rather than a dialog for cleaner, more organized UI

### Codename

- ~~[Greek](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-5/125302) v2.5~~
- [Baudot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code) v2.6 ←

### Start date

June 25th, 2020

### Release date

November 30th, 2020

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