Show name of everyone group based on default locale during category creation

zogstrip · February 12, 2026, 11:22am

Ok - I think I got them all this time!?

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Use localized auto group names instead of hardcoded English (#37757)

main ← fix/use-localized-auto-group-names

merged 08:41AM - 16 Feb 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+61 -95

Automatic group names (everyone, staff, admins, etc.) are translated based on th…e site's default locale. However, the `AUTO_GROUPS` JS constant had hardcoded English names which were used directly in several places — most notably during category creation. This caused the "everyone" group to always display its English name in the permissions table, even on sites with a different default locale. This removes the `name` and `display_name` fields from `AUTO_GROUPS`, keeping only `id` and `automatic`. A new `groupsById` getter on the `Site` model provides a lookup map built from server-provided group data (which contains the properly localized names). All consumers now resolve group names via `site.groupsById[groupId].name` instead of reading from the constant. The avatar-flair system is also refactored from name-based to ID-based lookups, and group identity checks in `user.js` now compare by `id` rather than `name`. https://meta.discourse.org/t/395225

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Show name of everyone group based on default locale during category creation

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