# Cannot save category security settings when adding custom group”

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-save-category-security-settings-when-adding-custom-group/382153
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-save-category-security-settings-when-adding-custom-group/382153 "2025-09-10T07:04:46Z")
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### Author: ![Adri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Adri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Adri)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-save-category-security-settings-when-adding-custom-group/382153/3 "2025-09-10T07:48:36Z")

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Thank you for checking!

What I actually want to achieve is not restricting permissions, but distinguishing a group of “category-specific managers” from normal users.  
Both normal users (everyone) and these managers should be able to see/reply/create topics. But when the managers reply, I’d like it to be clear that they are responding in an “official” capacity for that category.

So the goal is:

- Everyone: can post normally.
- Category-specific managers: can also post, but their replies should stand out as official responses in that category.

When I try to add a specific group in the category security settings, it doesn’t let me save the changes. The group appears in the list temporarily, but after saving and going back, it disappears.

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