Shading of Read Topics in Topic Lists

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Jim_Coombes reported that after upgrading to Discourse v2.8, read topics no longer appeared shaded grey as before, making it hard to distinguish them from unread topics — a similar issue occurred in dark mode where read topics stayed bright white. Canapin suggested testing in safe mode to isolate theme/component issues. Jim confirmed that in safe mode, the shading worked correctly, pointing to a custom CSS issue. michaeld offered direct support if needed. Jim later resolved the problem by removing leftover temporary CSS from his reflector, restoring normal shading behavior. Jim_Coombes thanked the team for their help.

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We have been moved by our host Communiteq to V2.8 and something strange is happeniing that I cannot figure out. Before the change, read topics were shaded light grey while unresad topics .were black. Since the change read topics no longer become grey so no one can see what has been read vs unread. Does anyone have any idea why this is the case or have any suggestion to fix the issue. A similar thing is seen with the dark theme where read topics remain bright white

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Jim

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Hard to say without seeing your forum with our own eyes.

Did you try deactivating your custom themes/components with https://your-discourse.com/safe-mode and then navigate yourself to see if the issue persists?

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When I do that, the bare site displays read topics as greyed so now it must be in my CSS and I have some idea where it is.

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Let me know (by PM or to support@) if you are unable to resolve the issue, we’ll gladly help you out. Please include the URL of your forum.

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Thanks Michael. I had foolishly left some temporary CSS on the reflector, now removed and issue sorted