# Changing topic\_excerpt\_maxlength does not update existing excerpts automatically

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-excerpt-maxlength-does-not-update-existing-excerpts-automatically/269017>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [June 20, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-excerpt-maxlength-does-not-update-existing-excerpts-automatically/269017 "2023-06-20T11:50:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![manuel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manuel/32/468169_2.png) [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-topic-excerpt-maxlength-does-not-update-existing-excerpts-automatically/269017/1 "2023-06-20T11:50:44Z")

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- I change `topic_excerpt_maxlength` to a different value.
- Existing topic excerpts are not updated
- When I make changes to an existing pinned topic, the excerpt is updated

I guess it would also work re-baking all excerpts on the server. But the setting not having an immediate effect is confusing for community managers.

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