I did the following in quick succession:
- Opened topic (said Normal)
- Went back to topic list (cmd + [)
- Went forward to topic (cmd +]) - topic says Tracked
So it looks like it probably got “tracked” right when I opened it, but that only was visible to me on the 2nd open.
We could try another topic where I only do steps 1-2 to confirm.
My goal is to follow along with all topics that get tagged with chat. I just enabled the sidebar theme here, which I think will also significantly help to address that need.