Hi, We noticed that some of the very basic badges, like First Emoji, First post editor, First link and First flag haven’t been awarded, even though they’re enabled. What could be the issue? Thanks!

Are the posts in a public category? [image] Badges not granted in non public categories, despite "Allow granting of badges in this category" turned on feature It is not currently possible for badges to be granted based on private categories in Discourse. This is an intenti…

How long did they wait? The scripts that grants badges only runs every so often. For these it’s 5 min iirc

Thank you. That’s it. Our entire forum is private.

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Moin July 8, 2023, 9:01pm 3

Are the posts in a public category?

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