Continuing the discussion from How to edit post with API without bumping topic? : I just wanted to add a big thank you to the Discourse team for including the bypass_bump parameter! It’s a small but powerful tool — it allows scripts and plugins to update content behind the scenes without unintention…

Appreciation for bypass_bump in REST API calls to edit first post in topics

tobiaseigen (Tobias Eigen) October 2, 2025, 5:39pm 6

I just noticed this in Praise and have moved it to Dev because it is quite technical. Do appreciate the praise, of course!

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