# Auto-resolving flags on deleted posts: am I missing something?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-resolving-flags-on-deleted-posts-am-i-missing-something/392236
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** review-queue
**Created:** [27 december 2025 om 12:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-resolving-flags-on-deleted-posts-am-i-missing-something/392236 "2025-12-27T12:46:38Z")
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### Author: ![mentalstring](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mentalstring/32/168934_2.png) [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)
#### Post date: [7 april 2026 om 16:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-resolving-flags-on-deleted-posts-am-i-missing-something/392236/3 "2026-04-07T16:36:38Z")

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We just bumped into a related issue, but from a different view point (author _wants_ it to reviewed).

In our forum sometimes people unintentionally post addresses (forum is related with mail) and our instructions for these are: 1. delete your post 2. flag it so that moderators can properly hide it away (as otherwise it stays visible for 24h).

With this new behavior, moderators never get alerted about the flag, so the problematic content remains visible, even when it was flagged since it required action.

That said, I also understand the goal of the change.

For our use case, an exception could be that the auto-resolve wouldn’t kick in (or would be reversed) if the flagger is also the owner of the post — because he’s the one asking attention to it. However, the

> [@Moin](#):
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> let’s say badActor sends innocentGirl an inappropriate image via PM.

scenario wouldn’t be covered with that.

As much as I dislike introducing complexity, perhaps a setting that let admins disable auto-resolve for deleted posts?

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