# Discourse Version 2.7

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-7/166607>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** release-notes\
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-7/166607 "2020-10-08T01:51:07Z")\
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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:** [October 8, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-7/166607/1 "2020-10-08T01:51:08Z")

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### Focus

- ✅ Improve “Markdown Typographer” so it is easier to modify and add `->` to → rule(s). @Roman

- ✅ Switch inline oneboxing from default off to default on

- ✅ Optionally allow [users to know when they were rejected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-rejection-email/103112). @kris.kotlarek

- ✅ Rebuild topic timer UX to match bookmark reminder UX @martin

- ✅ Improve login / signup UX @jordan.vidrine

- ✅ Better handle login required sites under extreme load per [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-notification-about-extreme-load/156688/10) @nbianca

- ✅ Add linked words and replaced words into `admin/logs/watched words`, plus [move auto silences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-auto-silence-first-post-regex-to-the-watched-words-section/162197/3) per [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-text-in-the-composer/159526/2) @nbianca

- ✅ add “Do not Disturb” as an experimental feature @markvanlan

- ✅ Support “Sign in with Apple” per [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sign-in-with-apple/122790/62) @david

- ✅ General overhal of invite system per [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-invite-system/173756) @dan

- ✅ Expose read history on user profile

- ✅ Alert on dashboad for new Discourse features @pmusaraj

- ✅ Support bulk actions for PMs @nbianca

- ✅ Change composer icon (and submit button) based on selected action @osama

- ✅ Automatically add anchor link IDs to markdown headers @nbianca

- ✅ Warn in docker manager when an official plugin appears forked, per [topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forks-of-official-repos-still-marked-as-official/155621/6) @nbianca

- ✅ For more intentional admin and staff security around site settings, create a new HTML Site Setting type, and explicitly default all existing text Site Settings to plain text @Roman

- ✅ Fire a webhook when a user is added or removed from a group @vinothkannans

### Codename

- ~~[Baudot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-2-6/151394) v2.6~~
- [Strowger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch) v2.7 ←

### Start date

Dec 1, 2020

### Release date

May 18, 2021

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