# 500 Error when editing an existing post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [November 30, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594 "2016-11-30T19:52:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594/2 "2016-11-30T23:10:25Z")

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I have been able to repro this a few times on different sites. So it’s a legit bug.

Submitting the edit again usually works so it’s not a terrible bug as bugs go.

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