# Closed Topics Listed as Unread

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-topics-listed-as-unread/41578
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [25.Март.2016 21:29:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-topics-listed-as-unread/41578 "2016-03-25T21:29:23Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [25.Март.2016 21:57:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closed-topics-listed-as-unread/41578/3 "2016-03-25T21:57:33Z")

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This is by design – people **who were tracking the topic** may want to know that it was closed.

Those who were not tracking it will not see any unread indicators, as with any other topic they are not tracking.

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