# Introducing nested replies

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-nested-replies/402812>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** nested-replies\
**Created:** [May 12, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-nested-replies/402812 "2026-05-12T23:21:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-nested-replies/402812/5 "2026-05-13T07:03:23Z")

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> [@gilles](#):
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> I’m self-hosting, so that might be the reason 😅

update your Discourse instance, and then go to all site settings and search for “nested”

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-13 at 12.02.06 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/5/4/254eb167906cd3e78ec71c89731e444558f92afb.png)

you can toggle it with topic admin wrench when you make a new topic

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-13 at 12.07.26 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/5/3/2539c7465307268c066000e45b959ca5365dca70.png)

you can enable in category settings tab if you want it to be default in a category.

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-13 at 12.05.11 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/c/5/4c5e91c9a529952d759a30e0c628cf1f09175b84.png)

i self host and it is totally working

 ![Screenshot 2026-05-13 at 12.02.44 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/b/f/0bf5e92a414d891ffbde1b39d561c65926bc4511.png)

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