# The theme-skeleton compatibility has been pinned again

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-skeleton-compatibility-has-been-pinned-again/398985
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 22, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-skeleton-compatibility-has-been-pinned-again/398985 "2026-03-22T00:48:09Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-skeleton-compatibility-has-been-pinned-again/398985/1 "2026-03-22T00:48:09Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [What is the purpose of the compatibility entry in the theme skeleton?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-compatibility-entry-in-the-theme-skeleton/369851/3):

> [@What is the purpose of the compatibility entry in the theme skeleton?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-compatibility-entry-in-the-theme-skeleton/369851/3):
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> we shouldn’t have merged that into the default skeleton

It has happened again:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/b/a/ebae899892ad537bb4aeced1e5bae138845c51eb.png)

Is there any way to prevent this somehow?

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-skeleton-compatibility-has-been-pinned-again/398985/2 "2026-03-23T10:19:11Z")

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Thanks! (again 😅)

Going forward, we’ll be using the new branch-based strategy described in [RFC: A new versioning strategy for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rfc-a-new-versioning-strategy-for-discourse/383536), so we won’t be running that automated `.discourse-compatibility` process again.

- [Revert "DEV: Pin version for Discourse \< 2026.2.0-latest (#91)" by davidtaylorhq · Pull Request #97 · discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton/pull/97)

- [Revert "DEV: Pin version for Discourse \< 2026.2.0-latest (#69)" by davidtaylorhq · Pull Request #77 · discourse/discourse-theme-skeleton · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-theme-skeleton/pull/77)

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-skeleton-compatibility-has-been-pinned-again/398985/3 "2026-04-22T10:19:58Z")

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