# Category overview - topics without permission are hidden, not replaced

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-overview-topics-without-permission-are-hidden-not-replaced/30264>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Junho 21, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-overview-topics-without-permission-are-hidden-not-replaced/30264 "2015-06-21T01:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [Junho 21, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-overview-topics-without-permission-are-hidden-not-replaced/30264/7 "2015-06-21T01:51:28Z")

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I suspect this may be a caching thing,

EG: category A is visible B invisible … and cache is only built for anon, so a person who has visibility into sub category does not get to see the topics in categories view.

This feels to me like a bug, so recategorizing.

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