# Editing Grace Period Closed by Watched Words
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** watched-words
**Created:** [November 3, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487 "2025-11-03T19:24:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Carleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carleas)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487/1 "2025-11-03T19:24:55Z")
Normally there’s a grace period for post edits during which changes aren’t tracked in the post’s revision history.
But when on posts containing a ‘watched word’ that causes their post to be flagged for review, the grace period is closed and all edits are tracked.
I’m not totally sure this is a bug, but it’s unexpected to me, and a user noticed and brought it to my attention.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487/2 "2025-11-03T19:58:45Z")
Edits on flagged posts always create a revision. This helps moderators to understand why a user (or in your case, the system) flagged the post. If the reason why the post was flagged is removed in the edit and you couldn’t check the original version, how could you judge if the user flagging the post was right?
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### Author:  [@Carleas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carleas)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487/3 "2025-11-03T20:37:39Z")
That makes sense, thanks for the explanation. I still think of users flagging posts and the system flagging posts as distinct functions, but it makes sense that they are handled the same way.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487/4 "2025-11-06T00:47:21Z")
Cool, I am moving this to feature, and tagged it as staff-experience so the team can consider.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-grace-period-closed-by-watched-words/387487/5 "2025-11-06T00:52:19Z")
I still think it’s easier to understand why the system flagged the post when the edit is logged. Otherwise, it’s more difficult if the watched word was removed, especially if you don’t use simple words but complex regex.