# Categories Missing from \`categories.json\` Despite Existing in the System (Custom Theme)

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-missing-from-categories-json-despite-existing-in-the-system-custom-theme/365544 "2025-05-10T00:50:27Z")\
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**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 10, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-missing-from-categories-json-despite-existing-in-the-system-custom-theme/365544/6 "2025-05-10T12:40:14Z")

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FWIW I’ve just created an empty category and I can see it in my `/categories.json`

 ![The image is a JSON data screenshot showing a structure with categories, topics, and post details, including specific IDs, names, colors, and text values. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/9/2/b924b1143d68882c9bc0972c4bfc696d8224b7fd.png)

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