# Closing a topic based on time since last message appears broken

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-based-on-time-since-last-message-appears-broken/187092>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-based-on-time-since-last-message-appears-broken/187092 "2021-04-16T12:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![martin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/martin/32/491371_2.png) [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-a-topic-based-on-time-since-last-message-appears-broken/187092/6 "2021-04-19T03:20:31Z")

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The “Last” option shown in the modal there is a shortcut for “Last custom date and time used”. If you want to close a topic after X amount of time since the last message you need to choose this option, which was separated out from auto-close topic:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/e/6ef910cee959cf0480aaf68d1304077ffdff3070.png)

That being said the Invalid Date issue is a problem, and also maybe we should change “Last” to say “Last custom date and time” or something so it is clearer.

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