# "Category can't be blank" appears when we try to create a new topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-cant-be-blank-appears-when-we-try-to-create-a-new-topic/112956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-cant-be-blank-appears-when-we-try-to-create-a-new-topic/112956 "2019-03-29T18:26:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-cant-be-blank-appears-when-we-try-to-create-a-new-topic/112956/21 "2019-04-02T15:13:03Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation @tshenry. When I tested this, I must have accidentally used a high enough trust level user to skip approval.

Here’s a fix:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/123c05cb0700a7995a52f5f50d7cb9b9780064b3](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/123c05cb0700a7995a52f5f50d7cb9b9780064b3)

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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: [June 8, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-cant-be-blank-appears-when-we-try-to-create-a-new-topic/112956/23 "2022-06-08T13:11:15Z")

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