# \#discourse-id

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## [Criteria for an "inactive" site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/criteria-for-an-inactive-site/411322)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/criteria-for-an-inactive-site/411322 "2026-09-02T09:25:10Z")

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I noticed my test site was marked as “inactive” in DiscourseID. The host server has been disconnected from the internet for about two weeks now so this label makes sense, but it’s not something I’ve seen before. Is th…

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## [Discourse-ID displays it's own logo & name instead of my forum's](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-displays-its-own-logo-name-instead-of-my-forums/409028)

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**Author:** [@Karthik\_K1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karthik_K1)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-displays-its-own-logo-name-instead-of-my-forums/409028 "2026-08-24T12:58:22Z")

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"Use your Discourse ID account to log in to Discourse " @rishabh I feel the 2nd ‘Discourse’ should be replaced with my forum name, in this case ‘FAKTout’, as users would be trying to log into my forum not Discourse. Th…

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## [Discourse meta icon missing on Discourse ID login page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-icon-missing-on-discourse-id-login-page/409441)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-meta-icon-missing-on-discourse-id-login-page/409441 "2026-08-06T11:49:34Z")

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Hi! https://d11a6trkgmumsb.cloudfront.net/original/4X/c/1/1/c11a44f8b25bb161fb73a1aa3341788fd626bdb2.png the logo doesn’t load :slight\_smile: Error is (failed)net::ERR\_NAME\_NOT\_RESOLVED.

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## [Featuring the referring site's logo and name more prominently in Discourse ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featuring-the-referring-sites-logo-and-name-more-prominently-in-discourse-id/398828)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featuring-the-referring-sites-logo-and-name-more-prominently-in-discourse-id/398828 "2026-08-04T14:23:50Z")

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I’ve just been setting up a new self-hosted site utilising Discourse ID. So good to no longer have to wrangle with Facebook et al to get social logins to work!!! When testing this with local logins turned off, I’ve not…

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## [Discourse ID is now available. Try it today!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-is-now-available-try-it-today/385007)

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**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\
**Replies:** 39\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-is-now-available-try-it-today/385007 "2026-02-09T16:02:22Z")

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We’re happy to announce that Discourse ID can now be enabled on all Discourse sites, including both hosted and self-hosted sites! :information\_source: Discourse ID provides a faster login experience across participatin…

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## [How Discourse ID works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-id-works/379565)

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**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-discourse-id-works/379565 "2026-07-13T14:26:21Z")

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What is Discourse ID? Discourse ID provides a faster login experience across participating Discourse sites so you don’t have to create separate logins for each Discourse you visit and you can join any participating Disco…

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## [Can't regenerate Discourse ID credentials after changing domain name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-regenerate-discourse-id-credentials-after-changing-domain-name/406648)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-regenerate-discourse-id-credentials-after-changing-domain-name/406648 "2026-07-03T13:58:37Z")

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I changed the URL of my discourse site, and promptly members started complaining that they could not log in. Exactly the problem reported in Changing domain names prevents Discourse ID from working. Looks like the fix is…

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## [Full name requirement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-requirement/402392)

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**Author:** [@hammerdunner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hammerdunner)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-requirement/402392 "2026-06-24T15:28:33Z")

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I have created a new forum hosted on Discourse itself. The forum is for members of an organization. I want to use the Full name requirement (and I have that selected under Settings \> Users \> Full name requirement. But, …

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## [New users redirected to id.discourse.com instead of forum signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-redirected-to-id-discourse-com-instead-of-forum-signup/396095)

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**Author:** [@CallMeRK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CallMeRK)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-redirected-to-id-discourse-com-instead-of-forum-signup/396095 "2026-06-11T05:17:53Z")

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I recently installed Discourse on my server, but I’m facing an issue during user registration. When a new user tries to create an account, they get redirected to id.discourse.com instead of completing the signup directly…

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## [Ability to Change Username on Discourse ID Forums?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-username-on-discourse-id-forums/395729)

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**Author:** [@PandaKai7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PandaKai7)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-change-username-on-discourse-id-forums/395729 "2026-04-26T12:56:37Z")

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Hello! I have a question about the new Discourse ID forums that are free. Is it possible to change your username on the Discourse ID forums themselves? Because when I looked at it, I wasn’t able to change others userna…

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## [Can't enable DiscourseID on a site with force-https disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-enable-discourseid-on-a-site-with-force-https-disabled/399376)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-enable-discourseid-on-a-site-with-force-https-disabled/399376 "2026-04-20T19:18:26Z")

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For context, I have my Discourse test site running in a Proxmox container behind Nginx (npmplus) on a different server on the same network (but not subnet). Not really anything special. I tried enabling force-https but I…

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## [What's causing the login issue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/400487)

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**Author:** [@Lxk520](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lxk520)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/400487 "2026-04-14T00:11:42Z")

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Log in to Discourse with Discourse ID An error has occurred The requested redirect uri is malformed or doesn’t match client redirect URI.

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## [Forum cannot recognize alternate email from Discourse ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id/398181)

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**Author:** [@25w31b](https://meta.discourse.org/u/25w31b)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id/398181 "2026-03-28T11:19:56Z")

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When I log in or register on the forum using Discourse ID, the forum only recognizes the primary email and not the secondary email. On regular forums (like this Discourse Meta), the secondary email needs to be added manually, but on free-hosted forums, I cannot manually add or change the email address because the forum displays a 404 error when I try to verify the email address.

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## [Can't setup Discourse ID: redirect URI already exists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-setup-discourse-id-redirect-uri-already-exists/396136)

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**Author:** [@Czar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Czar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-setup-discourse-id-redirect-uri-already-exists/396136 "2026-03-26T17:35:03Z")

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Similar to this issue Can't setup Discourse ID: Application with this redirect URI already exists My self-hosted Discourse has this exact error. But the thread above was already closed and didn’t see the answer on how t…

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## [Can't set up Discourse ID: Application with this redirect URI already exists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-set-up-discourse-id-application-with-this-redirect-uri-already-exists/397991)

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**Author:** [@Linus1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Linus1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-set-up-discourse-id-application-with-this-redirect-uri-already-exists/397991 "2026-03-19T18:03:00Z")

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Hi! I have set up a discourse instance. The first time, I did not configure SMTP in order to set up Discourse ID, which did work. But then I reinstalled the whole app - this time configuring SMTP during setup. Now, whe…

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## [New users can't sign up, 404 errors in console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-cant-sign-up-404-errors-in-console/397895)

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**Author:** [@asc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asc)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-cant-sign-up-404-errors-in-console/397895 "2026-03-18T17:02:27Z")

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I’m not sure if this is a bug or an issue with my configuration. When I try to make a new user using Discourse ID signup, the Discourse ID verification part works fine, but on going back to my instance at keppari.discou…

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## ["There are email jobs that failed" on an SMTP-less install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-email-jobs-that-failed-on-an-smtp-less-install/394573)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-are-email-jobs-that-failed-on-an-smtp-less-install/394573 "2026-02-19T18:57:08Z")

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I got this message on my dashboard: There are 95 email jobs that failed. Check your app.yml and ensure that the mail server settings are correct. The site is an SMTP-less install on a discourse.diy domain. Sidekiq s…

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## [Cannot sign in with Discourse ID even when email matches 'DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS' environment variable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-sign-in-with-discourse-id-even-when-email-matches-discourse-developer-emails-environment-variable/396164)

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**Author:** [@haruspex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haruspex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-sign-in-with-discourse-id-even-when-email-matches-discourse-developer-emails-environment-variable/396164 "2026-02-16T16:09:07Z")

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Title, basically. I have my self hosted discourse instance set up with SMTP disabled the environment variable DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS set properly to my email that I have this Discourse ID set up with, however, when I…

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## [Changed subdomain/domain and can't get Discourse ID to work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-subdomain-domain-and-cant-get-discourse-id-to-work/395470)

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**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-subdomain-domain-and-cant-get-discourse-id-to-work/395470 "2026-02-08T13:23:12Z")

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Discourse moved from sub1.domain1.com to sub2.domain2.com. Links etc seem ok, I can log in with the admin account, but I can’t do it with Discourse ID. I tried removing that Discourse from my Discourse ID list to “start …

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## [Discourse ID setup issues on Hetzner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-setup-issues-on-hetzner/394459)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-setup-issues-on-hetzner/394459 "2026-01-27T17:40:47Z")

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I just tried the new official install method on hetzner and loved the streamlined experience, and adorable ascii art in the setup script. The only oddity was that I got an error on the confirmation page. I ignored it bec…

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## [The Discourse ID cannot be used after changing the forum domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-id-cannot-be-used-after-changing-the-forum-domain/394238)

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**Author:** [@wuyuan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wuyuan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-id-cannot-be-used-after-changing-the-forum-domain/394238 "2026-01-24T08:56:01Z")

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After I changed my website domain from discourse.wuyuan.dev to kernyr.wuyuan.dev, I found that I was unable to update the discourse ID information; it kept showing an error message. The requested redirect uri is malform…

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## [Discourse ID 404 page text is white, making it invisible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-404-page-text-is-white-making-it-invisible/393974)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-id-404-page-text-is-white-making-it-invisible/393974 "2026-01-22T09:00:21Z")

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At id.discourse.com, if one were to go to /t/1, it brings up a 404 page. However, all the text is white, as is the background of the notice, therefore rendering it invisible. But it’s definitely there, upon inspectio…

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## [Why does the Discourse ID page use formal German?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-discourse-id-page-use-formal-german/393983)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-discourse-id-page-use-formal-german/393983 "2026-01-21T14:26:04Z")

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Basically, informal German has been used everywhere in Discourse Interface so far. What led to the decision to do things differently here? Similarly, “Community” is usually translated as Community and not as “Gemeinscha…

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## [Add Subdomain Manager page to sidebar in Discourse ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-subdomain-manager-page-to-sidebar-in-discourse-id/393976)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-subdomain-manager-page-to-sidebar-in-discourse-id/393976 "2026-01-21T14:10:15Z")

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Is it possible to add the /my/subdomain to the sidebar at id.discourse.com? Currently, the only way to get there seems to be from discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub. This would make i…

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## [Can’t log in with different account from mobile app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-log-in-with-different-account-from-mobile-app/391268)

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**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-log-in-with-different-account-from-mobile-app/391268 "2025-12-15T18:35:17Z")

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On my mobile app, I’m connected to Discourse with a secondary admin account. I’d like to log out and then log back in with my Discourse ID account, but whichever way I try and do it I keep getting logged in with the seco…

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## [Github Badges via Discourse ID?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-badges-via-discourse-id/390634)

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**Author:** [@dsims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsims)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-badges-via-discourse-id/390634 "2025-12-08T15:18:33Z")

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I assume meta is using the Github Plugin for Contributor badges. I just connected github to my Discourse ID, but would this even work with Discourse ID?

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## [Which picture from the branding options is used for the logos in the community list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-picture-from-the-branding-options-is-used-for-the-logos-in-the-community-list/385471)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-picture-from-the-branding-options-is-used-for-the-logos-in-the-community-list/385471 "2025-11-28T12:08:42Z")

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Some of those forums didn’t have all the branding picture settings defined, so it’s kinda expected that a placeholder should be shown here. I added the pictures, but they don’t appear on the id.discourse.com communit…

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## [Can't login to Discourse ID with Facebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-discourse-id-with-facebook/388065)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-discourse-id-with-facebook/388065 "2025-11-25T17:20:58Z")

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I saw the banner on meta.discourse.org saying that my Facebook social login would be removed, recommending that I switch to Discourse ID. So, I clicked the link to Discourse ID and tried Sign in with Facebook, and it fai…

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## [Help with setting up Discourse ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-discourse-id/388711)

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**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-setting-up-discourse-id/388711 "2025-11-19T17:48:56Z")

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I must be blind or something… :see\_no\_evil\_monkey: Cannot find discourse\_id\_client\_id and discourse\_id\_client\_secret in the configuration of my sites. Only Enable Discourse ID. :man\_shrugging: Any idea?

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## [Can't setup Discourse ID: Application with this redirect URI already exists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-setup-discourse-id-application-with-this-redirect-uri-already-exists/388757)

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**Author:** [@bitti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitti)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-setup-discourse-id-application-with-this-redirect-uri-already-exists/388757 "2025-11-18T15:21:34Z")

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On enabling the ID, I get the already known error about discourse\_id\_client\_id and discourse\_id\_client\_secret being empty. Running ./launcher enter app rails c DiscourseId::Register.call gives me this error: #\<Serv…

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