# Arrive at topic staat niet toe om te zoeken naar onderwerpen uit beperkte categorieën bij het aanmaken van een uitnodiging
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [7 juni 2022 om 05:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274 "2022-06-07T05:08:34Z")
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [7 juni 2022 om 05:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274/1 "2022-06-07T05:08:34Z")
So, I’m creating a new invite link, and I’m adding to group `secret` that has access to category `Secret`. Now, I cannot choose a topic from `Secret` category in the `Arrive at topic` dropdown, even though logically I should be able to do so.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [7 juni 2022 om 08:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274/2 "2022-06-07T08:53:22Z")
I’ve given this a test-run and it appears the ‘private’ topics don’t show up in the invite topic search whether you have the group set or not. It’s a little similar to this topic [Category (Search Priority Ignore) globally affect searches](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-search-priority-ignore-globally-affect-searches/226236), though in this case the category hasn’t been marked as ‘ignore’. However, the workaround is similar:
The repro:
- Create Private group
- Create Private Category, with permissions for See|Reply|Create set for Private group only
- Create Private topic in Private category
- Create admin invite:
- Paste Private Topic link into ‘Arrive at topic’
- Select ‘Private’ group for ‘Add to groups’
- Save invite
- Use invite with existing test user - user follows link and is added to the Private group, and lands on the correct topic
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### Author:  [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [7 juni 2022 om 12:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274/3 "2022-06-07T12:51:43Z")
So I just have to put the URL of the topic in the dropdown list manually. Okay this worked, thanks.
Still, I suggest this topic remains open as it’s something that can be improved/fixed.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [8 juni 2022 om 19:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/arrive-at-topic-does-not-allow-searching-for-topics-from-restricted-categories-when-creating-an-invite/229274/4 "2022-06-08T19:17:31Z")
> [@meglio](#):
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> Still, I suggest this topic remains open as it’s something that can be improved/fixed.
I think it would be more intuitive to have the topics come up in the search too. It may be more suited to #Contribute > UX than #Contribute > Bug as it perhaps can’t be considered ‘broken’, but I’ll let someone else make the call on that one. 🙂
And, just as an added bonus workaround, you can also get the ‘Arrive at topic’ prepopulated by using the 🔗 Share button at the bottom of the private topic and accessing the invites from there. 👍