# Badge given even if not active

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-given-even-if-not-active/48756>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Août 17, 2016, 8:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-given-even-if-not-active/48756 "2016-08-17T20:13:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Silvanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/silvanus/32/62831_2.png) [@Silvanus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silvanus)\
**Post date:** [Août 17, 2016, 8:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-given-even-if-not-active/48756/1 "2016-08-17T20:13:55Z")

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Hiya! In my forum, we noticed that the badge (here especially “First Onebox”) is given (i.e. a notification is sent) even if the badge isn’t active. This leads to a problem, when the badge isn’t active: the notification link leads into a “not found”, and the badge isn’t listed in the list of badges for that user (that still got the message).

To clarify: Badge notification is sent, even if it’s not active.

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