# 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:** [August 2, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-when-editing-an-existing-post/53594/6 "2017-08-02T21:41:27Z")

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I don’t have a repro unfortunately ☹ but I know this bug exists on edit, sometimes, on posts with links in them.

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