# Chef Forums Feedback

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## [Chef Client 18.5.0 and vulnerabilities OpenSSL](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-18-5-0-and-vulnerabilities-openssl/23476)

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**Author:** [@adamaas7](https://discourse.chef.io/u/adamaas7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-client-18-5-0-and-vulnerabilities-openssl/23476 "2024-12-12T16:48:53Z")

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Hello, Given the vulnerabilities identified in OpenSSL version 3.1.0 and its inclusion in the latest Chef Client 18.5 release, I am concerned about the safety of using this version. Could you please confirm if Chef pla…

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## [Omnibus Discussion](https://discourse.chef.io/t/omnibus-discussion/20613)

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**Author:** [@mbaron](https://discourse.chef.io/u/mbaron)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/omnibus-discussion/20613 "2021-12-20T20:01:12Z")

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Where is the appropriate place to ask questions about Omnibus? Is it even on https://discourse.chef.io/? I don't see any categories that seem to fit, and doing a search of the forums here for Omnibus doesn't yield much…

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## [Discourse.chef.io cookie is 2.9GB?](https://discourse.chef.io/t/discourse-chef-io-cookie-is-2-9gb/17622)

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**Author:** [@mcascone](https://discourse.chef.io/u/mcascone)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/discourse-chef-io-cookie-is-2-9gb/17622 "2020-09-11T17:16:49Z")

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Hi, i got a warning from Chrome today that some sites were taking up too much space. Not really sure what that meant, but i clicked on "clean up data", and the discourse.chef.io cookie is 2.9GB? It's by far the largest i…

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## [Chef-Certification-Coupon-Codes](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-certification-coupon-codes/12624)

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**Author:** [@krr1817](https://discourse.chef.io/u/krr1817)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-certification-coupon-codes/12624 "2018-02-21T23:11:22Z")

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Hello there, I am newbie to Chef, would like to take certifications and in the link below, I see that Chef.io is offering a 20% discount. But, I dont see on the chef site… Can someone please help me pointing if there i…

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## [Code of Conduct for this forum](https://discourse.chef.io/t/code-of-conduct-for-this-forum/12023)

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**Author:** [@joerg.herzinger](https://discourse.chef.io/u/joerg.herzinger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/code-of-conduct-for-this-forum/12023 "2017-11-29T04:00:36Z")

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Recently there have been lots and lots of posts of people with questionable knowledge about technical IT stuff. I don’t want to blame anyone here but maybe just go through the main page with all sections and browse throu…

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## [Kitchen framework runs role file and how to ignore specific recipe](https://discourse.chef.io/t/kitchen-framework-runs-role-file-and-how-to-ignore-specific-recipe/11741)

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**Author:** [@vibin](https://discourse.chef.io/u/vibin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/kitchen-framework-runs-role-file-and-how-to-ignore-specific-recipe/11741 "2017-10-16T15:59:14Z")

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I am using kitchen to test my role file which use many cookbooks. I do find that chef\_zolo (used by kitchen) won’t able to execute a specific recipe/cookbook on the hierarchy. Is there any way I can remove/exclude specif…

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## [How to deal with mis-categorized subjects?](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-deal-with-mis-categorized-subjects/9572)

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**Author:** [@Tensibai](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Tensibai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-to-deal-with-mis-categorized-subjects/9572 "2016-10-03T15:16:23Z")

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Switching from Chef 'general' subject and Chef Automate lately, I see there's a bunch of subject on the wrong topic. Should we just flag it and let the mods move them, or is there a better way to handle them (community…

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## [Deleting Orgs from console](https://discourse.chef.io/t/deleting-orgs-from-console/8761)

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**Author:** [@jbeltrez](https://discourse.chef.io/u/jbeltrez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/deleting-orgs-from-console/8761 "2016-06-22T18:03:39Z")

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Hi Everyone I have set up my chef lab and all was well. How ever due to time and a few missteps with security keys and virtual server deletion, I need to recreate my chef environment. Is there any way to completely wi…

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## [Microsoft Azure Portal tutorial](https://discourse.chef.io/t/microsoft-azure-portal-tutorial/8754)

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**Author:** [@paulorobles](https://discourse.chef.io/u/paulorobles)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/microsoft-azure-portal-tutorial/8754 "2016-06-21T23:33:23Z")

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Hi Chef crew! Im working on a prof of concept using Azure and chef to provision environments, i found that the Microsoft Azure tutorial is not up to date, it is refering to an old version of the old portal in the Chef …

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## [No Emails from Chef Mailing List](https://discourse.chef.io/t/no-emails-from-chef-mailing-list/8557)

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**Author:** [@icuhowie1](https://discourse.chef.io/u/icuhowie1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/no-emails-from-chef-mailing-list/8557 "2016-05-25T19:45:57Z")

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Have not received any mailing list emails for the last 2 days, last E-mail received was monday at 4:29pm. something change?

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## [Auto-responding infinite loop?](https://discourse.chef.io/t/auto-responding-infinite-loop/8363)

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**Author:** [@mpg](https://discourse.chef.io/u/mpg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/auto-responding-infinite-loop/8363 "2016-04-29T17:40:58Z")

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I recently set my Gmail out of office responder and started getting a lot of emails back that look like the below. I fear I have entered into some sort of infinite auto-responding loop \[:slight\_smile:\] This is the firs…

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## [How do I get my (limited) subscriptions back?](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-do-i-get-my-limited-subscriptions-back/7203)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Fern](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Peter_Fern)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-do-i-get-my-limited-subscriptions-back/7203 "2016-03-03T06:55:05Z")

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I believe I was previously only subscribed to chef-dev, however now I appear to be subscribed to everything, as my chef email volume has increased many times over. How do I get back to only receiving mail for the list(s…

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## [Email list legibility](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-list-legibility/7051)

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**Author:** [@brianhatfield](https://discourse.chef.io/u/brianhatfield)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-list-legibility/7051 "2015-12-12T20:40:38Z")

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I was wondering: are there options to substantially simplify the format of the emails I am now receiving from Discourse? I poked around in the UI and didn't find any. Notably, these emails include usernames, picture…

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## [Thread detection when responding via email](https://discourse.chef.io/t/thread-detection-when-responding-via-email/7329)

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**Author:** [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/thread-detection-when-responding-via-email/7329 "2015-11-13T19:29:56Z")

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When using the web interface, one can choose to reply to a topic, or to an individual post, and that's reflected properly. When responding to a particular email in a longer-running topic, there's no indication that the…

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## [Chef Inc. members Identification](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-inc-members-identification/7107)

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**Author:** [@Tensibai](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Tensibai)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-inc-members-identification/7107 "2015-11-02T22:43:17Z")

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One thing I lost moving from mail to discourse is the ability to know/guess if someone if a former Chef Inc. employee (mail ending in @chef.io) or not. Now on discourse there's no clue (none I'm aware of at least) to t…

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## [Testing, Ignore](https://discourse.chef.io/t/testing-ignore/7227)

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**Author:** [@jkeiser](https://discourse.chef.io/u/jkeiser)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/testing-ignore/7227 "2015-10-29T18:32:44Z")

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Writing a post so I can see if I can edit it. YAY!

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## [Email headers need improvement](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-headers-need-improvement/7067)

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**Author:** [@tomhughes](https://discourse.chef.io/u/tomhughes)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-headers-need-improvement/7067 "2015-10-20T18:11:45Z")

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Here is what my chef folder looks like right now in Thunderbird: So my first problem is all the tag spam at the front of the subject which means there is quite literally no useful information visible about the message…

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## [Cannot unsubscribe from discourse spam](https://discourse.chef.io/t/cannot-unsubscribe-from-discourse-spam/7055)

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**Author:** [@gohanman](https://discourse.chef.io/u/gohanman)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/cannot-unsubscribe-from-discourse-spam/7055 "2015-10-19T17:30:37Z")

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I'm suddenly getting stupid amounts of email from this forum. I cannot log into this site with my credentials from manage.chef.io. I cannot create an account on this site using the email address that's getting spammed be…

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## [In my opinion, what should be happening](https://discourse.chef.io/t/in-my-opinion-what-should-be-happening/7059)

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**Author:** [@bytheway](https://discourse.chef.io/u/bytheway)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/in-my-opinion-what-should-be-happening/7059 "2015-10-15T18:52:03Z")

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Posting new content here should be suspended. A new dump of the mailing list should be completed, and everyone NOT currently subscribed on the old list should immediately have "No notifications" set on this new site/lis…

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## [Search box on 404 page doesn't work](https://discourse.chef.io/t/search-box-on-404-page-doesnt-work/7068)

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**Author:** [@zts](https://discourse.chef.io/u/zts)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/search-box-on-404-page-doesnt-work/7068 "2015-10-14T18:32:59Z")

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Via Freenode #chef, it was noted that the user experience is not great for people following links from Google to the old archives. Search on google for acl site:lists.opscode.com Follow a link, eg http://lists.opscod…

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## [How do I delete account](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-do-i-delete-account/7053)

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**Author:** [@anon95557143](https://discourse.chef.io/u/anon95557143)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/how-do-i-delete-account/7053 "2015-10-14T13:44:27Z")

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I can't figure out how to unsubscribe from this mailing list / website. unsubscribe :q! ^X^C :eat flaming death Can you provide instructions on how to remove the account?

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## [Account deletion](https://discourse.chef.io/t/account-deletion/7045)

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**Author:** [@anon65899839](https://discourse.chef.io/u/anon65899839)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/account-deletion/7045 "2015-10-14T08:00:03Z")

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Hi Nathen, i do like chef and i do appropriate all the things you do for it ecosystem. But im not feeling ok within a system in which im not able to delete myself. Your workaround doesn't seem to work, because to chan…

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## [What is this spam machine?](https://discourse.chef.io/t/what-is-this-spam-machine/7066)

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**Author:** [@Max\_Stepanov](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Max_Stepanov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/what-is-this-spam-machine/7066 "2015-10-14T07:50:07Z")

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Should've thought this through

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## [Email notifications on topics that I respond to](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-notifications-on-topics-that-i-respond-to/7065)

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**Author:** [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/email-notifications-on-topics-that-i-respond-to/7065 "2015-10-14T06:04:18Z")

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Awesome stuff here, snappy feel, and it's pretty nice. I've been getting email notifications shortly after I've responded to a thread, with my response. Does that make sense? I didn't see an option in the Notifications…

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## [Update on notifications from Discourse](https://discourse.chef.io/t/update-on-notifications-from-discourse/7063)

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**Author:** [@sam\_saffron](https://discourse.chef.io/u/sam_saffron)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/update-on-notifications-from-discourse/7063 "2015-10-14T05:34:53Z")

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A few hours ago I disabled mailing list mode globally and digests globally. @nathenharvey provided me a list 1187 emails that were subscribed to the mailing list (in mailing list mode, not digest) I went ahead and load…

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## [Ridiculous system!](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ridiculous-system/7060)

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**Author:** [@anon53322727](https://discourse.chef.io/u/anon53322727)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/ridiculous-system/7060 "2015-10-14T05:02:53Z")

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It's ridiculous to migrate to a system where accounts cannot be deleted...

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## [Replying to Topic fails with 502 Bad Gateway](https://discourse.chef.io/t/replying-to-topic-fails-with-502-bad-gateway/7057)

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**Author:** [@gohanman](https://discourse.chef.io/u/gohanman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/replying-to-topic-fails-with-502-bad-gateway/7057 "2015-10-14T04:58:12Z")

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I'm trying to reply to a topic here and keep getting a 502 Bad Gateway error.

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## [Delete my account](https://discourse.chef.io/t/delete-my-account/7058)

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**Author:** [@anon64782062](https://discourse.chef.io/u/anon64782062)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/delete-my-account/7058 "2015-10-14T03:59:50Z")

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Assinine amounts of spam. Delete my account please. Unsubscribe is not enough.

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## [About the Chef Forums Feedback category](https://discourse.chef.io/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.chef.io/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/about-the-site-feedback-category/2 "2015-07-23T16:02:04Z")

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