# An error occurred: Featured Link is invalid

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-featured-link-is-invalid/390779
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-featured-link-is-invalid/390779 "2025-12-09T12:48:48Z")
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### Author: ![hellekin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hellekin/32/51636_2.png) [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-featured-link-is-invalid/390779/2 "2025-12-09T13:06:49Z")

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Actually, making the new topic a _shared draft_ and then publishing the draft works around this issue.

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