For group messaging, does it use emails instead of chat, or does it just create custom topics privately? Also, is there a way to create channels of groups in the forum? From what I know, it’s limited to categories, but will it work for groups? Update: I can create child categories and build chann…

the best way i’ve found is to go into start a message and add the group, you’ll probably want the discourse-whos-online plugin in your app.yml, and to append /last onto a link to the conversation, or is it latest/new ??

Assuming you’re talking about group messaging in chat, it’s pretty simple. Click + to make a new DM [image] Then in the modal that pops up, choose new group chat [image] You can then keep adding members (up to 20).

Not really, I mean about the groups. There are some pre-built groups like admin, moderator, trust levels 1, 2, and so on. What if I add custom groups—would it then be possible to make a group channel for them?

Does this help? ▶ Group Chat Channels in Discourse AI If you’re talking personal messages rather than chat, then you can just start a PM and @ tag the group.

I guess for now instead of auto join with group it’s auto join with category.

[image] HAWK: Does this help? Is this how it currently works? It seemed like a hallucination to me, but more users liked this than disagreed, so I assume I am missing something. Current options to create chats with more than 2 users I know: Channels (chats tied to a category), which use th…

[image] Moin: I am not sure this setting actually exists. The post reads more like a suggestion than a documented feature. From what I know it does not actually. It was proposed to work for groups but then eventually made for categories. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[image] HAWK: assign the appropriate permissions to your custom group yea this part isn’t possible in the chat settings, and I think the bot is simply skipping the category part or getting it mixed up. Like Moin, I found the best way to accomplish a private group chat is to use a secured cat…

How does group messaging work in Discourse?

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MihirR (Mihir) June 21, 2025, 2:05pm 8

From what I know it does not actually. It was proposed to work for groups but then eventually made for categories. Correct me if I’m wrong.

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How does group messaging work in Discourse?

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