# Can't clear a grey unread counter on a meta topic due to Whispers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [6 Aprile 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136 "2016-04-06T15:57:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [6 Aprile 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-clear-a-grey-unread-counter-on-a-meta-topic-due-to-whispers/42136/1 "2016-04-06T15:57:40Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Moderate emails which would normally bounce?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderate-emails-which-would-normally-bounce/30331/6):

Today I got an unread counter on this 6+ month old topic. Despite reading all the posts, the grey (1) counter won’t clear. Bug?

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