# Does "Process bulk actions in batches" apply to splitting topics?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** bulk-actions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-process-bulk-actions-in-batches-apply-to-splitting-topics/168772 "2020-10-30T17:18:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-process-bulk-actions-in-batches-apply-to-splitting-topics/168772/1 "2020-10-30T17:18:27Z")

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[https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-6-0-beta5-release-notes/168756](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-6-0-beta5-release-notes/168756)

> ### Process bulk actions in batches
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> Previously if staff attempted to bulk update a large number of topics, the process could time out. We now process bulk actions in smaller batches to avoid such errors.
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/a/4a40b0e0fd8748dbd7ad790a41c015b751707e46.png)

Does it affect topics splitting?  
Since my migration, I have a 30000 replies topic that I can’t split because it timeouts.

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