# Convert to topic icon missing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-to-topic-icon-missing/334309>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [November 3, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-to-topic-icon-missing/334309 "2024-11-03T21:50:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-to-topic-icon-missing/334309/6 "2024-11-04T14:48:04Z")

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I just converted this to a PM and back to a topic and it seems the icon appears correctly? 🤔

> [@Lilly](#):
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> ![Screenshot 2024-11-03 at 1.55.38 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/4/d/c4de5ff9e1e93dbe3ff370acfb1966081c9f1e74.png)

it looks like this is expecting a different icon for some reason…

edit: looking at the code for small actions, it appears it falls back to “exclamation” when a matching icon can’t be found… but the `public_topic` does have an icon defined… the plot thickens

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