I’m wondering why
“Automatically close topic after this duration once marked as solved”
was chosen to replace
“Auto close topic (n) hours after the last reply once the topic has been marked as solved.”
The previous phrasing was much clearer in indicating that the timer is calculated based on the age of the last reply after marking a solution, while the new wording suggests that the timer starts from the moment the topic is marked as solved, which can be misleading.
What led to the choice of 2 days being the default closing period? I know mcwumbly recently said 30 days on Meta seem generous. But in cases where staff select the solution, 2 days seems very short. If moderators wait for the user to respond, it seems likely that the last post is older than 2 days before they select a solution, which results in the topic being closed immediately. So the user cannot easily reply that the selected solution didn’t help them.