# Badges don't work in private / restricted topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-dont-work-in-private-restricted-topics/67413>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 3, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-dont-work-in-private-restricted-topics/67413 "2017-08-03T22:30:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-dont-work-in-private-restricted-topics/67413/7 "2017-08-12T23:56:45Z")

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I don’t know about the “bad gateway” but AFAIK badges that involve posts use the “badge posts view” (as in derived database table). So it is very possible that moving those posts into a restricted category could have removed them from “badge posts”.  
By any chance, do you know if the “nice reply” badge is “revocable”?

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