diff --git a/doc/bugs/git-lfs_special_insists_on_https.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git-lfs_special_insists_on_https.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62c62f438a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/git-lfs_special_insists_on_https.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+### Please describe the problem.
+
+Trying to copy annexed files to an lfs server via the configured http schemed url results in an error of this form:
+
+[[!format sh """
+$ git-annex copy -t lfsonly
+copy mod_access_compat.so (HttpExceptionRequest Request {
+  host                 = "computer-ubul.local"
+  port                 = 5965
+  secure               = True
+  requestHeaders       = [("Accept","application/vnd.git-lfs+json"),("Content-Type","application/vnd.git-lfs+json"),("User-Agent","git-annex/10.20241031-1~ndall+1")]
+  path                 = ".git/info/lfs/objects/batch"
+  queryString          = ""
+  method               = "POST"
+  proxy                = Nothing
+  rawBody              = False
+  redirectCount        = 10
+  responseTimeout      = ResponseTimeoutDefault
+  requestVersion       = HTTP/1.1
+  proxySecureMode      = ProxySecureWithConnect
+}
+ (InternalException (HandshakeFailed (Error_Packet_Parsing "Failed reading: invalid header type: 72\nFrom:\theader\n\n")))) failed
+copy mod_autoindex.so (HttpExceptionRequest Request {
+  host                 = "computer-ubul.local"
+  port                 = 5965
+  secure               = True
+  requestHeaders       = [("Accept","application/vnd.git-lfs+json"),("Content-Type","application/vnd.git-lfs+json"),("User-Agent","git-annex/10.20241031-1~ndall+1")]
+  path                 = ".git/info/lfs/objects/batch"
+  queryString          = ""
+  method               = "POST"
+  proxy                = Nothing
+  rawBody              = False
+  redirectCount        = 10
+  responseTimeout      = ResponseTimeoutDefault
+  requestVersion       = HTTP/1.1
+  proxySecureMode      = ProxySecureWithConnect
+}
+ (InternalException (HandshakeFailed (Error_Packet_Parsing "Failed reading: invalid header type: 72\nFrom:\theader\n\n")))) failed
+copy: 2 failed
+"""]]
+
+From what I can see, there is no way to work around this. Unlike, for example, the S3 special remotes, initremote doesn't take a protocol=http setting.
+
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+[[!format sh """
+$ git-annex initremote lfsonly type=git-lfs encryption=none url=http://computer-ubul.local:5965/
+initremote lfsonly ok
+(recording state in git...)
+$ git config annex.security.allowed-ip-addresses 172.17.0.1 # required to overcome ConnectionRestricted error
+$ git-annex copy -t lfsonly
+... eror from above
+"""]]
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+git-annex/10.20241031-1~ndall+1 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
+
+Linux computer-ubul 6.8.0-40-generic #40~22.04.3-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 30 17:30:19 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+Nil
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+Love git-annex. Long time supporter.
diff --git a/doc/forum/Forcing_offline_behavior.mdwn b/doc/forum/Forcing_offline_behavior.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a11989e06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/forum/Forcing_offline_behavior.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+It seems that things like `git annex wanted . present` cause network activity, maybe git-annex fetches remotes and tries to look up IDs and such. I didn't find a general flag to disables this. Something like `--offline` would be nice for scripts in networks that might hang indefinitely in certain situations. Does this exist? 🤔
diff --git a/doc/forum/b2_rclone_initremote_failed__58___empty_folders/comment_2_f65aeea70b85745de1fbecb6fcce66d1._comment b/doc/forum/b2_rclone_initremote_failed__58___empty_folders/comment_2_f65aeea70b85745de1fbecb6fcce66d1._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85b5e78c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/forum/b2_rclone_initremote_failed__58___empty_folders/comment_2_f65aeea70b85745de1fbecb6fcce66d1._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="dmcardle"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/b79468a0d03ec3ec7acbae547c4fa994"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2025-01-30T13:56:30Z"
+ content="""
+I just created rclone [issue #8349](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/8349) to track this.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index 869686883a..620aee61cd 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -341,25 +341,25 @@ content from the key-value store.
 
   Initializes a new cluster.
   
-  See [[git-annex-initcluster](1) for details.
+  See [[git-annex-initcluster]](1) for details.
 
 * `updatecluster`
 
   Update records of cluster nodes.
   
-  See [[git-annex-updatecluster](1) for details.
+  See [[git-annex-updatecluster]](1) for details.
 
 * `extendcluster`
 
   Adds an additional gateway to a cluster.
   
-  See [[git-annex-extendcluster](1) for details.
+  See [[git-annex-extendcluster]](1) for details.
 
 * `updateproxy`
 
   Update records with proxy configuration.
   
-  See [[git-annex-updateproxy](1) for details.
+  See [[git-annex-updateproxy]](1) for details.
 
 * `schedule repository [expression]`