Provide topic count via Discourse AI tool API `discourse.getUser` function

zogstrip · February 9, 2026, 8:32am

Looks like we were missing serializing the topic_count on the user serializer

It’ll be added in

github.com/discourse/discourse

DEV: Add topic_count to UserSerializer staff attributes (#37632)

main ← dev/add-topic-count-to-user-serializer

merged 06:30PM - 09 Feb 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+31 -2

The UserSerializer exposes post_count as a staff attribute but does not expose t…opic_count, even though the underlying data is available on the UserStat model. This means consumers like the Discourse AI tool API's discourse.getUser() function can retrieve how many replies a user has made but not how many topics they have created, giving an incomplete picture of user activity. Add topic_count as a staff attribute in UserSerializer, mirroring the existing post_count implementation. Also add spec coverage for all four staff attributes (post_count, topic_count, can_be_deleted, can_delete_all_posts) to verify they are included for staff scopes and excluded for non-staff scopes. Ref: https://meta.discourse.org/t/394878

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