# Broken links in existing posts after Data Explorer URL change

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-links-in-existing-posts-after-data-explorer-url-change/396815
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** data-explorer, automation, fixed
**Created:** [February 23, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-links-in-existing-posts-after-data-explorer-url-change/396815 "2026-02-23T16:47:26Z")
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### Author: ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-links-in-existing-posts-after-data-explorer-url-change/396815/12 "2026-02-25T02:49:03Z")

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This was interesting, if I went directly to one of the old URLs with a query ID it would work but if I clicked a link with that URL it would dump me on `/queries` . Fix is here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38047](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38047)

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