# Clicking link to raw version of post only works when opening in new tab
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-raw-version-of-post-only-works-when-opening-in-new-tab/44716
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [5월 24, 2016, 5:30오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-raw-version-of-post-only-works-when-opening-in-new-tab/44716 "2016-05-24T05:30:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [5월 24, 2016, 5:30오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-raw-version-of-post-only-works-when-opening-in-new-tab/44716/1 "2016-05-24T05:30:30Z")
A link to a raw version of a post in the post itself doesn’t work at first. Only when you open it in a new tab or reload the _not found_ page it will show.
**To reproduce** :
- Reply to a post or create a new topic
- Get the raw link of that post
- Edit the post to put the raw link to itself in it
- Click the link
**Expected result** : you go to the raw version of said post
**Actual result** : page is not found. Reload and you get the raw version. Or open in a new tab/window.
Let’s try it out here as well. This is a link to this post: [https://meta.discourse.org/raw/44716](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/44716)
Click the link and you’ll get a _Oops! That page doesn’t exist or is private_. Reload the page and all is fine.
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [5월 24, 2016, 7:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-raw-version-of-post-only-works-when-opening-in-new-tab/44716/2 "2016-05-24T07:42:30Z")
This comes up quite often. Maybe it should be fixed someday. 😉
Anyway, duplicate of
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-raw-links-return-404-errors/31314?u=gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-raw-links-return-404-errors/31314)
and
> [@Links to /raw/nnn content end up loading as an error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-raw-nnn-content-end-up-loading-as-an-error/27877):
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> If links to a raw link, clicking it displays an error The page you requested doesn't exist or is private, opening in a new window displays as expected. https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6 E.g. [https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/24012/6)
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [5월 24, 2016, 7:52오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-link-to-raw-version-of-post-only-works-when-opening-in-new-tab/44716/3 "2016-05-24T07:52:53Z")