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In the discussion about testing Discourse, jidanni suggested creating a dedicated test group to avoid disturbing regular readers, noting that their current attempts on the demo site were frustrating due to unexpected account resets. Lhc_fl pointed to the official demo site as a resource. jidanni reported that their account was logged out and deleted after only one minute, prompting JammyDodger to explain that the site resets every 24 hours, likely around 10:00 AM London time JammyDodger. Although Canapin asked about the reset time, jidanni noted that some older pre-seeded posts still exist. jidanni recommended that the welcome post explicitly state the reset schedule and clarify that both posts and accounts are deleted during this process. JammyDodger acknowledged the feedback, noting that while they cannot personally update the site, they have recorded the suggestions for future updates.

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Could there be a group created, just for running tests, so as to not bother any regular readers? The tests could be deleted by the author in a day or so.

I just want to test, e g, Post saved succesfully before image uploading process completed to see if I can reproduce it, without bothering anybody. No I don’t own my own installation.

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Demo (discourse.org)

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Well, my account only lasted for 1 minute then I got logged out and I had to create it all again exactly the same way a second time. It even forgot my username so it was valid to create one with the same username a second time.

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I think you had unfortunate timing. :slight_smile: It resets every 24 hours and it looks like you caught it just on the cusp of a new day.

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It happened to me a few days ago. At what time is it being reset?

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I think it’s around 9:00 AM.

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Well, I would put a notice on the sign up page that accounts will be cleaned up every 24 hours at XX time. But by the way it seems that’s not the case because there are accounts posting on that site not just 24 hours old.

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There is some preseeded content that people can engage with so as not to have a totally blank site. :+1:

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In Welcome to our demo! - discourse - Discourse Demo it would be best if sam also mentioned

  1. The exact time of the 24-hour reset.
  2. Upon reset not only posts, but also accounts themselves, will get deleted, excepting a few “pre-seeded” posts several years old, that are placed there for interaction experiments.
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Allow modifying the e-mail address during SSO registration
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There’s no need for the @mention. As you can imagine, it will be someone else who updates the demo site. :slightly_smiling_face:

I have written down your suggestions and will see if I can work them into the next round of updates. :+1:

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