Hi all, If I have a topic set as a banner will setting the auto close date/time also make the banner disappear, or does that always require admin intervention to un-banner-ise it? Thanks in advance.

Hi @cpradio , Thanks for the response, appreciated. That was my feeling. I take it there isn’t anything else which automatically stops the banners? We typically use them for announcements relating to a promotion, so they have a valid reason for being removed, I have been doing it manually, but wh…

You could always schedule a command similar to the following to be executed: at the right time on a computer that doesn’t fall to sleep with a good internet connection curl -X PUT -d api_key=YOUR_API_KEY_GOES_HERE -d api_username=API_USERNAME_HERE http://discourse.example.com/t/YOUR_TOPIC_ID_GOES…

Why not just put the text “this offer ends at midnight UTC” in the banner text?

Yes, could do that, already have those details bar the UTC etc. Just feels like as there is already automation around the closing of topics, that if they have been pinned or set as a banner, an option to unpin/remove banner would make sense too. Bit of a cleaner/tidier experience for the users not…

I wonder what happens if you set a delete timer on a topic that has been bannered? Can you test that @tshenry ?

Just tested and the banner is removed once the topic’s delete timer has run out.

There you go @RobMeade all things are now possible through the magic of Discourse! :rainbow:

[image] tshenry: the banner is removed once the topic’s delete timer has run out. Are you saying the banner will be removed but the topic will not be deleted?

The topic will be deleted due to the function of the timer, so it is important to note that you would want to use a topic that is safe to delete.

Can a banner be removed automatically at a specific time?

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cpradio (cpradio) April 29, 2017, 11:21pm 2

Fairly certain it will remain a banner.

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