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Users are reporting a recurring issue with false “new/updated topic” notifications in the forum. liamtownsley shared a GIF illustrating the problem, noting it occurs frequently despite not having any muted topics. smrtey suggested muted topics might be the cause, but liamtownsley confirmed they aren’t muted. jomaxro proposed that deleted, unlisted, or moved topics could trigger false alerts — a theory liamtownsley agrees with, noting such topics shouldn’t appear as updated. Mikitos confirmed the bug persists, sharing a video where clicking the “See 1 new topic” banner revealed nothing. JimPas described a similar issue: after replying to a post, the unread counter shows “(1)”, but clicking it reveals no unread messages — suggesting the system may mistakenly count the user’s own reply as a new message. This appears to happen only with self-replies, not others’ posts. The issue remains unresolved and affects user experience by displaying misleading notifications.
That happens if a topic is updated that you have muted. Do you have any topics on mute?
I do not, no.
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This can also happen if the topic that caused the bump was deleted, unlisted, or moved to a category you can’t see. Does this happen frequently, or is it a one time thing?
It happens quite frequently, however if it is from topics being edited in a way like that (deleted, unlisted, etc) it should not be showing as a new/updated topic.
This bug is still occuring
Also after I clicked the “See 1 new topic” banner, nothing showed up, so yeah.
I may have something similar but may also have an idea as to why.
When I reply to a post, then click on the hamburger menu, it will show Unread (1). Clicking on that tells me I have no unread messages. (The false update message.)
Is a routine that checks for new messages and then shows the unread message counting my reply as a new message? I haven’t seen this happen when other users post or reply, just with my own.