I tried googling or searching but couldn’t find it. When I type a domain name such as discourse.org in a sentence, this becomes a link. This is a HTTP link: [image] Is there any way to make this HTTPS by default? I’m trying to get rid of mixed content errors without manually turning these into HT…

Is it not enabled here then? Even the direct link to meta.discourse.org is an HTTP link here. I will verify if this is true on other forums.

From what I see in the code, force_https is false by default. config/site_settings.yml main personal_email_time_window_seconds: default: 20

The force_https site setting is missing here. From what I read here: [image] Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt Self-Hosting exclamation This guide is only for existing installs where HTTPS is not enabled. Following the official setup guide automatically enables HTTP…

Just confirmed, links posted like this use http, even when force-https is on.

[image] Rene Molenaar: If you add it on a new line, it becomes a HTTPS link I could be wrong, but I assume that’d be because the oneboxer follows all redirects when placed like that, where it doesn’t for on-line links.

So, the big question is…can we change this behavior? HTTPS is pretty much the default nowadays: Usage Statistics of Default protocol https for Websites, November 2023 How many websites are using Default protocol https

The discourse.org or meta.discourse.org are watched words replaced automatically by links. Maybe it doesn’t use https links there. :thinking:

I don’t believe that is true, the same behavior is exhibited on, say, google.com and apple.com for a few quick examples. To me, it seems like inline links without a protocol just default back to http. (so https://google.com works for example)

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) November 16, 2023, 10:51am 2

There is a force_https site setting. It’s enabled by default on a standard install.

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