How to unsilence a user who innocently tried to copy & paste and got silenced

leungameta · February 7, 2025, 2:07pm

Is there a bug related to hiding/silencing of posts in Discourse code?

lib/post_action_creator.rb

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                I18n.t("temporarily_closed_due_to_flags", count: SiteSetting.num_hours_to_close_topic),
            )
          
            topic.set_or_create_timer(
              TopicTimer.types[:open],
              SiteSetting.num_hours_to_close_topic,
              by_user: Discourse.system_user,
            )
          end
          
          def auto_hide_if_needed
            return if @post.hidden?
            return if !@created_by.staff? && @post.user&.staff?
          
            not_auto_action_flag_type =
              !@post_action_type_view.auto_action_flag_types.include?(@post_action_name)
            return if not_auto_action_flag_type && !@queue_for_review
          
            if @queue_for_review
              if @post.is_first_post?
                @post.topic.update_status(

Intended behaviour or no?

Topic		Replies	Views
Silence user via API Development rest-api	4	1443	October 8, 2021
Automatic silencing for "typing too fast" doesn't notify administrator Bug	1	833	July 6, 2023
Default silenced new users Product Support	5	845	May 7, 2020
Automatic Unsilence? Product Support	6	447	April 29, 2024
Show "silenced" as avatar flair for silenced users UX	10	1690	June 7, 2023

How to unsilence a user who innocently tried to copy & paste and got silenced

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