Autoclose topic if set to 1 minute doesn't work until 2 minutes

[geoff777]

If you set autoclose topic in Category settings to 1 minute.
The topic countdown to closure text output is correct but you get an extra minute where the topic is still open for replies.
I was able to reply between 1-2 minutes when the topic should have already closed after 1 minute.
The topic closed after 2 minutes … see below.

Somewhere a 2 minute minimum is being applied and reported but 1 minute is permitted in category settings.

It’s not a big deal. I only found it trying to replicate another bug report.

Autoclose doesn't update when you change the topic category

Description When you create a topic in a catergory with an automatic closure of the topic if you move the topic from category the closure doesn’t updates either to align with the new conditions of the category or to remove it all together. Steps to reproduce Have a category with settings for topic automatic closure, move the topic to another category with a different set of settings for the automatic closure. Expected behavior The topic updates the settings to match the ones of the new cate…

[SaraDev (Sara Devlaeminck)]

I was able to confirm this issue as well.

A topic with a category where the Auto-close is set to 1 minute doesn’t get closed until after 2 minutes. The system displays the following message after the topic is successfully closed - “This topic was automatically closed after 2 minutes. New replies are no longer allowed.”

Discourse Version - 2.9.0.beta2

[maiki]

Heya folks!

1 minute auto-closing is working as expected for me, with the caveat that I’m using a sandbox with no other activity. Also using 2.9.0.beta3, so maybe this was fixed.

When I set the auto-close topic timer to 1 minute, I get the following message immediately upon publishing:

Then 10-15 seconds later it changed to:

And finally:

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As for that caveat: I’m the only one using this site, and I wonder if these are queued if a site has a lot of concurrent activity…

Or maybe it’s just been fixed!

[geoff777]

Hi Maiki

The text has changed. It now says 1 minute. So it looks like it has been fixed.
I tested and the countdown is exactly 1 minute. Then the dialogue disappeared and the topic stayed open with a reply button for 26 seconds. Then the topic closed. I guess that is unavoidable and is due to the system doing background tasks while closing the topic and is going to vary depending on load etc.