# Can posts be edited when someone else is typing a reply? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863 **Category:** Support **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863 "2025-04-01T14:58:54Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Mollyvog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@Mollyvog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mollyvog) #### Post date: [April 1, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863/1 "2025-04-01T14:58:54Z")
Hello, Since 3.4, we have reports of the edit pencil disappearing for some users. This is intermittent, and is across devices. The pencil tends to come back when a user refreshes their page. I have been totally unable to replicate this myself. A user sent a video which confirms the pencil isn’t visible directly after posting, even within the grace period in my site settings. I am noticing this is happening particularly for users who participate in some of our longest (thousands of posts long) and busiest threads. Could it be related to that? Can people edit their post if someone else is currently typing a reply to it? Many thanks for any help, this has been baffling me. ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863/3 "2025-05-06T07:37:36Z")
> [@Mollyvog](#): > > I am noticing this is happening particularly for users who participate in some of our longest (thousands of posts long) and busiest threads. I think it could possibly be this. Discourse can struggle loading everything with mega topics, especially on slower connections. You could try lowering `Auto close topics post count` and capping the size of each mega topic before it reaches a problem level. As long as you have `Auto close topics create linked topic` enabled it should carry on seamlessly (so, same number of posts just split over more topics). ---
### Author: ![Mollyvog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@Mollyvog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mollyvog) #### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863/4 "2025-05-06T08:42:00Z")
Thank you, I just tried that and it closed the thread but it didn’t start a new linked topic even though that option was enabled. Is there something I need to do to trigger that? It’s an unlisted thread, could that be why it didn’t begin a new one? ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-edited-when-someone-else-is-typing-a-reply/359863/5 "2025-05-06T09:00:34Z")
I’ve just given it a test run on my site and it works for both a visible and an unlisted topic in the same way (ie. It closes the topic and then a few seconds later pops up a new one) Here’s a screenshot where you should be able to see the unlisted icon next to the auto-amended title, and how they get a connected link: ![A forum topic titled "This is a second test topic (Part 1)" is closed after reaching the maximum number of replies, with an automated message directing users to a related part 2 discussion. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/6/9/b6925477e2c3c35b116d9848895a32ce6f500fad.jpeg) (Possibly also worth noting that the ‘part 2’ didn’t inherit the unlisted status, in case that’s important) Has it eventually shown up after a delay, or has it just not shown up at all?