# A loading loop will occur when user try to fetch the former/latter page of a removed topic
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [15 oktober 2025 om 08:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665 "2025-10-15T08:33:36Z")
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### Author:  [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)
#### Post date: [15 oktober 2025 om 08:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665/1 "2025-10-15T08:33:36Z")
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35409](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35409)
For these steps:
1. Login as a user, and read a topic;
2. The admin/moderator removes the topic;
3. Go up/down and trigger the fetch of the former/latter page.
Then the page will stuck in an infinite loading, with the console showing `403 forbidden` getting `/t/${this.topic.id}/posts.json`. And if the website is protected by a waf, then the user will be banned from visiting it.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [15 oktober 2025 om 14:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665/2 "2025-10-15T14:28:34Z")
This seems reasonable to me, thanks for the PR.
What does the user see once the page is reloaded, a message along the lines of “Sorry, this page is forbidden/private”?
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### Author:  [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)
#### Post date: [15 oktober 2025 om 23:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665/3 "2025-10-15T23:08:39Z")
Yes, users will see message like this.
Just as what is on a normal 404 page.
(The user can’t access the topic, so I think the 404 logic is reasonable.)
> Oops! The page does not exist or is not publicly accessible.
> [Take me home](https://meta.discourse.org)
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [16 oktober 2025 om 18:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665/4 "2025-10-16T18:09:32Z")
Thanks @small-lovely-cat, your PR is now merged.
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [20 oktober 2025 om 12:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-loading-loop-will-occur-when-user-try-to-fetch-the-former-latter-page-of-a-removed-topic/385665/5 "2025-10-20T12:00:25Z")
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