Account left silenced without review when user deletes spam flagged post

zogstrip · December 26, 2025, 2:26pm

Thanks for the report @per1234. Looks like this was indeed an edge-case when we added

github.com/discourse/discourse

FEATURE: Resolve reviewables when author deletes post

main ← review-deleted-by-user

merged 01:04AM - 09 Dec 25 UTC

KrisKotlarek

+97 -0

When an author deletes their own post that has pending reviewables (flags), thos…e reviewables are now automatically transitioned to ignored with a note indicating "Post was deleted by the author". If the author later recovers their post, reviewables that were automatically ignored by the system are restored to pending status with a note "Post was undeleted by the author". This ensures flags remain actionable when the original content is restored. Reviewables manually ignored by moderators are not automatically restored, preserving human moderation decisions. <img width="1085" height="759" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 3 21 06 pm" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c60f4c4a-7ab0-46f5-8fd6-0570d2315b1d" /> <img width="817" height="826" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-03 at 3 31 54 pm" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ee1c5b97-c4c6-4908-aabd-d51fa5627982" />

It should be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: Keep reviewable pending when penalized user deletes flagged post

main ← fix-keep-reviewable-pending-when-penalized-user-deletes-flagged-post

opened 02:24PM - 26 Dec 25 UTC

ZogStriP

+131 -23

Follows up dbcdcdbcd2. When AI spam detection (or other automation) flags a p…ost and silences/suspends the user, deleting that post would auto-ignore the reviewable — leaving the user penalized with no staff review. Staff had no visibility into what happened. This change: - Checks if the user was silenced or suspended for the specific post before auto-ignoring the reviewable. If penalized, the reviewable stays pending so staff can review and decide whether to lift the penalty. - Adds a "Post deleted by X" event to the reviewable timeline, giving staff visibility into author deletions when reviewing flagged content. - Fixes a bug in discourse-ai's `llm_triage.rb` where `@post` was incorrectly referenced instead of the local `post` variable when recording silences. The note that was previously created on author deletion is removed since the timeline event now provides this visibility in a cleaner way. Ref - https://meta.discourse.org/t/392090

cc @kris.kotlarek

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