# Can't convert Personal Message to a Public Topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-convert-personal-message-to-a-public-topic/294137>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** personal-messages\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-convert-personal-message-to-a-public-topic/294137 "2024-02-05T03:31:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-convert-personal-message-to-a-public-topic/294137/8 "2024-02-06T19:31:37Z")

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If you check `/logs` on the site as admin, it _should_ show you the actual backend error.

e.g.:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/4/b/04bb923f49ece5468ab2ca1b7ef0b55a67085938.png)

The `info`, `backtrace` and `env` tab might each have useful information.

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