# Changing topic category when manually changing post watch status makes topic new again
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-category-when-manually-changing-post-watch-status-makes-topic-new-again/39314
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [9 בפברואר, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-category-when-manually-changing-post-watch-status-makes-topic-new-again/39314 "2016-02-09T20:22:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [9 בפברואר, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-category-when-manually-changing-post-watch-status-makes-topic-new-again/39314/1 "2016-02-09T20:22:32Z")
As requested by @techAPJ, continuing the discussion from [Changing topic from one watched category to another watched category makes topic "new" again](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-from-one-watched-category-to-another-watched-category-makes-topic-new-again/36517/19):
**Summary:**
Another mod at Stonehearth reported to me some strange events when recategorizing a topic. Details are below:
1. A user created a topic in the **#suggestions** category.
2. A few other users replied
3. The mod, whose preferences are set to track topics in that category, manually set the topic to watch.
4. The mod replied more than once, as did others.
5. I replied.
6. More users replied.
7. An admin replied that a fix was being developed.
8. I recategorized the topic to the **#suggestions:added-suggestions** sub-category.
**Steps to reproduce:**
Unknown, steps above may work, but we have not attempted repro as this is a live site.
**Expected Results:**
Manually set notification type not changed, previously read topic not marked as new.
**Actual Results:**
The topic showed as “new” (but all posts read) for the mod. Additionally, the notification type was reset from watching to normal.
**Version:**
Discourse 1.5.0.beta9 ([discourse.stonehearth.net](http://discourse.stonehearth.net/))
**System Information:**
Windows 10 Pro, Chrome Stable 48
---
### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [8 ביולי, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-category-when-manually-changing-post-watch-status-makes-topic-new-again/39314/2 "2016-07-08T07:12:53Z")
I fixed this per
> [@Watching and tracking implementation for tags and categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-and-tracking-implementation-for-tags-and-categories/46987):
>
> I just revised the implementation of “tracking” and “watching” of tags and categories: Watching categories and tags has always been a rather limited feature. When you started watching a category you would only watch topics in that category from that time on. (with an edge case that allowed you to also watch recategorized old topics) This limitation was … hmm … limiting. Start watching #Bug and you would not be notified on a large amount of current #Bug discussion on historic topics. T…
No longer happens.
---
### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [8 ביולי, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-category-when-manually-changing-post-watch-status-makes-topic-new-again/39314/3 "2016-07-08T07:12:54Z")