Hi, I ran into an unusual issue on my site where the Unhide button on the first post simply does nothing, with no error and no log entry. What happened A user created a topic. The first post contained a keyword from my Watched Words (Flag) list. I manually reviewed the flag and chose the “Hide Post” option. Later, a moderator edited the post and tried to make the topic public again. The topic itself became visible, but the first post remained hidden. When I click Unhide on the first post, nothing happens — the post remains hidden. Additional notes The post had hidden_reason_id = 1. I tried to reproduce the same sequence again (Watched Word → Auto-flag → Agree → Edit), but I cannot reproduce the bug anymore. I’m quite confused about why this happened — it really seems like a bug. Is there still any way to rescue this post, or is it permanently stuck in this hidden state? Thanks!

[image] copymonopoly: When I click Unhide on the first post, nothing happens — the post remains hidden. Does it say anything in the console when you try to click it?

@copymonopoly Is this bug report related to the question here? Were you able to find the cause? [image] Embedded media post allowed groups conflicts with post moderation workflow: unhide! fails with ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid Bug There is a conflict between “Embedded media post allowed groups” and the post unhide workflow. If a post is created by a user who is not in the allowed media groups and later gets hidden (via flags), when a moderator edits the hidden post and adds media, attempting to unhide the post will fail with: ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid Validation failed: Sorry, you can't embed media items in a post. The unhide process re-runs media validation using the original author’s permissions, not the moderator’…

Seems like it, thanks for pointing that out. Looks like the bug report found the underlying reason for it and has more info, so Ill close this one out.

Unhide button on first post does nothing after flag + edit sequence

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chapoi December 6, 2025, 12:14pm 2

Does it say anything in the console when you try to click it?

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Unhide button on first post does nothing after flag + edit sequence

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