Google search console acceptedAnswer error

zogstrip · 30 maart 2026 om 09:23

Thanks for the report, @davidb’s recent work seems to have surfaced this issue.

Will be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Skip QAPage schema when topic has no visible answers (#38964)

main ← fix/qa-page-schema-no-answers

merged 01:02PM - 02 Apr 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+156 -61

Google Search Console reports acceptedAnswer/suggestedAnswer errors on topics th…at emit QAPage structured data with answerCount:0 and neither field present. This affects single-post topics, topics where the only replies are hidden or small action posts, and topics whose accepted answer has been hidden. The fix introduces two checks: 1. A `has_eligible_answers?` query in SchemaUtils that verifies at least one visible, regular-type reply exists before emitting QAPage schema (both JSON-LD and microdata). Topics without eligible answers fall back to the default DiscussionForumPosting schema. 2. A `has_answers` policy in BuildSchemaMarkup that gates on the materialized accepted_answer/suggested_answers after they've been fetched, catching any edge cases the topic-level check might miss. Additionally, `fetch_accepted_answer` now checks post visibility via `Guardian.new.can_see_post?` (anonymous perspective) so hidden accepted answers are excluded from schema output rather than being advertised to search engines. The `"answered only"` setting also uses this visibility check instead of just testing whether an answer_post_id exists. https://meta.discourse.org/t/399525

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Missing field 'text' (in 'mainEntity.suggestedAnswer') Bug	17	238	29 april 2026
Either 'acceptedAnswer' or 'suggestedAnswer' should be specified Support	3	955	24 maart 2019
Wrong answerCount value from discourse-solved Bug solved	8	2571	20 februari 2019
Missing field mainEntity.acceptedAnswer.text Bug solved	17	8760	6 december 2022
Support schema.org QAPage and Google rich results Feature solved	28	8457	31 mei 2024

Google search console acceptedAnswer error

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