# "Course is new" advanced setting not affecting course card **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Operations Help\ **Tags:** how-to, ulmo\ **Created:** [April 9, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769 "2026-04-09T14:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meet\_Boghani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/meet_boghani/32/6998_2.png) [@Meet\_Boghani](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Meet_Boghani)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/1 "2026-04-09T14:59:08Z")
Hi everyone, I was checking the **“Course is new”** advanced setting in Open edX Studio, but I couldn’t find any official documentation explaining how it works. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/openedx/original/2X/b/be52c5ec307ad4dbc2ec998307c37c9e3f32b1b7.png) I found a reference in an OpenCraft course: [https://apps.courses.opencraft.com/learning/course/course-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019/block-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019+type@sequential+block@601da3ebae9f48acbab03ea6b6ef4d61/block-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019+type@vertical+block@14c852438d0f42a49051a0ceeaf3bd6d](https://apps.courses.opencraft.com/learning/course/course-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019/block-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019+type@sequential+block@601da3ebae9f48acbab03ea6b6ef4d61/block-v1:HarvardX+StudioAdv1+2T2019+type@vertical+block@14c852438d0f42a49051a0ceeaf3bd6d) It mentions that when **Course is new = true** , the course should appear as **New** and show a badge on the course card. ## What I tested - Created a new course - Set **Course is new = true** in Advanced Settings - Republished the course - Tested on local, staging, and Edly sandbox environments I tested this across different Open edX releases: - Teak - Ulmo ## Expected behavior - Course card should display a **New** badge - Course should appear in new courses list ## Actual behavior - No UI change - No badge displayed - No visible effect anywhere From testing, it seems this flag only intended to affect a UI badge, but currently it does not change anything. Is this flag still supported, or is there any additional configuration required for it to work? ---
**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/2 "2026-04-09T15:17:30Z")
Hi @Meet_Boghani - when making a post, could you kindly be sure to specify which Open edX release you’re running? And in this case, it would be helpful to know if you’re using the new Catalog MFE. ---
**Author:** ![Meet\_Boghani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/meet_boghani/32/6998_2.png) [@Meet\_Boghani](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Meet_Boghani)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/3 "2026-04-09T15:47:08Z")
Hi @sarina thanks for pointing this out, I have updated the post. About version it’s teak and ulmo. Regarding the catalog mfe, currently we are not using that. ---
**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/4 "2026-04-09T16:14:52Z")
Hmm… doing some quick digging, I think it’s possible the `is_new` setting isn’t actually used anywhere in the codebase, unfortunately. Tagging @Peter_Kulko since he worked on the Catalog MFE and is perhaps familiar with the API used in the course catalog. ---
**Author:** ![Meet\_Boghani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/meet_boghani/32/6998_2.png) [@Meet\_Boghani](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Meet_Boghani)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/5 "2026-04-14T11:03:18Z")
Hey, @Peter_Kulko any insights would be helpful related to **“Course is new”** advanced setting in Open edX Studio. ---
**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/6 "2026-04-14T18:19:01Z")
Hi @Meet_Boghani - we did some code spelunking and it looks like functionality for Course Is New was dropped awhile ago, but the advanced setting remained (but not hooked up to anything). We’re going to issue a DEPR to remove this setting. Implementing it would be a big lift that we don’t have capacity for, and would involve: - Exposing the “is\_new” in platform APIs - Creating a design for a “new” flag on course card - Consuming the “is\_new” flag in the Catalog MFE, and implementing the new design to show on the course card - Updating edx-search to change the way that sorting works to somehow “expose” the new courses - Consuming the changes to edx-search in the Catalog MFE ---
**Author:** ![Meet\_Boghani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/meet_boghani/32/6998_2.png) [@Meet\_Boghani](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Meet_Boghani)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/7 "2026-04-14T18:35:04Z")
@sarina Thank you for the response, this is understandable now. ---
**Author:** ![sarina](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/sarina/32/2308_2.png) [@sarina](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sarina)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/8 "2026-04-14T20:59:48Z")
The DEPR is here: [[DEPR]: Unused "Course is New" setting · Issue #38360 · openedx/openedx-platform · GitHub](https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/issues/38360) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/openedx/original/2X/e/e0015f89e879bc75925b71fd11133ab15fe98297.png) [@system](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/course-is-new-advanced-setting-not-affecting-course-card/18769/9 "2026-07-13T21:00:42Z")
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