diff --git a/modules/templates/helper.go b/modules/templates/helper.go
index 55de85646c..9d4434f7b0 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 package templates
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"html"
 	"html/template"
@@ -29,6 +31,23 @@ func NewFuncMap() template.FuncMap {
 	return map[string]any{
 		"ctx": func() any { return nil }, // template context function
 
+		"ExecuteTemplate": func(ctx context.Context, tmplName string, args any) template.HTML {
+			h := HTMLRenderer()
+			tmpl, err := h.TemplateLookup(tmplName, ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic("Template not found: " + tmplName)
+			}
+
+			buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+			if err := tmpl.Execute(&buf, args); err != nil {
+				panic("Error while executing template")
+			}
+
+			// We can safely return this as `template.HTML` as html/template will
+			// already make sure it's sanitized.
+			return template.HTML(buf.String())
+		},
+
 		"DumpVar": dumpVar,
 
 		// -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 856a835b32..609e8c75b2 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1746,8 +1746,8 @@ issues.add_time_sum_to_small = No time was entered.
 issues.time_spent_total = Total time spent
 issues.time_spent_from_all_authors = `Total time spent: %s`
 issues.due_date = Due date
-issues.push_commit_1 = added %d commit %s
-issues.push_commits_n = added %d commits %s
+discussion.added_commits_one = %[1]s added %[2]d commit %[3]s
+discussion.added_commits_few = %[1]s added %[2]d commits %[3]s
 issues.force_push_codes = `force-pushed %[1]s from <a class="%[7]s" href="%[3]s"><code>%[2]s</code></a> to <a class="%[7]s" href="%[5]s"><code>%[4]s</code></a> %[6]s`
 issues.force_push_compare = Compare
 issues.due_date_form = yyyy-mm-dd
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
index c8eabb9345..1d45b79d0d 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content/comments.tmpl
@@ -549,11 +549,10 @@
 			<div class="timeline-item event" id="{{.HashTag}}">
 				<span class="badge">{{svg "octicon-repo-push"}}</span>
 				<span class="text grey muted-links">
-					{{template "shared/user/authorlink" .Poster}}
 					{{if .IsForcePush}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.force_push_codes" $.Issue.PullRequest.HeadBranch (ShortSha .OldCommit) ($.Issue.Repo.CommitLink .OldCommit) (ShortSha .NewCommit) ($.Issue.Repo.CommitLink .NewCommit) $createdStr "ui sha"}}
+						{{template "shared/user/authorlink" .Poster}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.force_push_codes" $.Issue.PullRequest.HeadBranch (ShortSha .OldCommit) ($.Issue.Repo.CommitLink .OldCommit) (ShortSha .NewCommit) ($.Issue.Repo.CommitLink .NewCommit) $createdStr "ui sha"}}
 					{{else}}
-						{{ctx.Locale.TrN (len .Commits) "repo.issues.push_commit_1" "repo.issues.push_commits_n" (len .Commits) $createdStr}}
+						{{ctx.Locale.TrN (len .Commits) "repo.discussion.added_commits_one" "repo.discussion.added_commits_few" (ExecuteTemplate ctx "shared/user/authorlink" .Poster) (len .Commits) $createdStr}}
 					{{end}}
 				</span>
 				{{if and .IsForcePush $.Issue.PullRequest.BaseRepo.Name}}
diff --git a/tests/integration/discussion_events_test.go b/tests/integration/discussion_events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50c58dd5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/discussion_events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Forgejo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	auth_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/auth"
+	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestDiscussionEvents is a test for various events displayed in the timelines of pulls and issues
+func TestDiscussionEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	repoName := "discussion-timeline-tests"
+	user2 := "user2"
+	description := "This PR will be used for testing events in discussions"
+	// Expected branch name when initializing repo automatically
+	defaultBranch := "master"
+	htmlCleaner := regexp.MustCompile(`[\t\n]`)
+
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(t *testing.T, giteaURL *url.URL) {
+		sessionUser2 := loginUser(t, user2)
+		tokenUser2 := getTokenForLoggedInUser(t, sessionUser2, auth_model.AccessTokenScopeAll)
+
+		// Create test repo
+		var repo api.Repository
+		resp := sessionUser2.MakeRequest(t, NewRequestWithJSON(t, "POST", "/api/v1/user/repos", &api.CreateRepoOption{
+			Name:     repoName,
+			AutoInit: true,
+		}).AddTokenAuth(tokenUser2), http.StatusCreated)
+		DecodeJSON(t, resp, &repo)
+
+		// == Test pulls ==
+
+		// Open a new PR as user2
+		testEditFileToNewBranch(t, sessionUser2, user2, repo.Name, defaultBranch, "comment-labels", "README.md", description)
+		sessionUser2.MakeRequest(t, NewRequestWithValues(t, "POST", path.Join(repo.FullName, "compare", fmt.Sprintf("%s...comment-labels", defaultBranch)),
+			map[string]string{
+				"_csrf": GetCSRF(t, sessionUser2, path.Join(repo.FullName, "compare", fmt.Sprintf("%s...comment-labels", defaultBranch))),
+				"title": description,
+			},
+		), http.StatusOK)
+
+		// Pull number, expected to be 1 in a fresh repo
+		testPullID := "1"
+
+		// Get the PR page and find all events
+		response := sessionUser2.MakeRequest(t, NewRequest(t, "GET", path.Join(repo.FullName, "pulls", testPullID)), http.StatusOK)
+		page := NewHTMLParser(t, response.Body)
+		events := page.Find(".timeline .timeline-item.event .text")
+
+		// Check the event. Should contain: "<username> added 1 commit <relative-time>"
+		event := events.Eq(0)
+		eventHTML, _ := event.Html()
+		eventText := htmlCleaner.ReplaceAllString(strings.TrimSpace(event.Text()), "")
+		assert.Contains(t, eventHTML, `href="/user2">user2</a>`)
+		assert.Contains(t, eventHTML, `<relative-time`)
+		assert.Contains(t, eventText, `user2 added 1 commit`)
+	})
+}