# 502 errors when renaming large (by topic count) categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-errors-when-renaming-large-by-topic-count-categories/164107>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-errors-when-renaming-large-by-topic-count-categories/164107 "2020-09-15T16:32:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![SimeonGriggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SimeonGriggs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimeonGriggs)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-errors-when-renaming-large-by-topic-count-categories/164107/17 "2020-11-03T20:18:17Z")

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Our forum has been getting increasingly error-prone over the last 6 months. I’ve just doubled our server resources (16 CPU’s, 64GB RAM) and while it runs much better, I’ve found a reproducible error.

Just trying to **rename one category** gives a 502 error every time.

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