# Discourse Assign

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, assign, included-in-core
**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044 "2017-02-27T21:08:19Z")
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### Author: ![tknospdr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tknospdr/32/529762_2.png) [@tknospdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tknospdr)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044/214 "2025-05-11T01:56:06Z")

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Yes, but that only shows up once you make a change. There’s no visual indication that a status was assigned at all, until you change it from X to Y.

 ![A message from David M reports a printer and scanner malfunction after a power outage, and suggests setting the topic status to "New". (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/6/d/16dadffdfe036ae875a71faaafd55e0453b31a4c.png)

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