# Approval button on user's profile doesn't work

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/approval-button-on-users-profile-doesnt-work/403620
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approval-button-on-users-profile-doesnt-work/403620 "2026-05-22T11:52:01Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approval-button-on-users-profile-doesnt-work/403620/3 "2026-05-22T13:14:04Z")

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Your “me too” is very helpful as a confirmation that the fact that my user has been anonymized is not the reason for this bug.

[Data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) says the user is reviewable by moderator

| user\_id | id | type | target\_id | target\_type | reviewable\_by\_moderator |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| anon84265489 | 264 | ReviewableUser | 123 | User | true |

> **query**
>
> ```sql
> SELECT 
> u.id AS user_id,
> r.id,
> r.type,
> r.target_id,
> r.target_type,
> r.reviewable_by_moderator
> FROM reviewables r
> JOIN users u
> ON r.target_id = u.id
> WHERE u.approved = false
> AND u.active = true
> 
> ```

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