# Error in changing topic owner **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203 **Category:** Support **Tags:** activitypub **Created:** [July 7, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203 "2025-07-07T15:08:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 12 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/1 "2025-07-07T15:08:34Z")
Hello, a member recently registered on my site. I had published some of his YouTube videos under my name, and now I would like to change the owner of these topics to his name. Unfortunately, I am getting an ownership attribution error. Do you have any idea what might be causing this error? Thanks. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/0/c/50c0681ba7b1bd17e48c5fa47c64f49fca29e54b.png) ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/2 "2025-07-07T15:10:56Z")
There’s often a bit more detail in the `/logs` or browser console, if you can check those for extra clues. 🤞 ---
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/3 "2025-07-07T15:16:12Z")
I have this in browser console (nothing in logs): ![This image displays a browser console filled with various warnings and messages related to content security policies, cookie access, and deprecated code within a Discourse application. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/5/b/15b992acac053675a880e84d07e71ab49d77daa2.png) ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/4 "2025-07-07T15:39:19Z")
Hmm 🤔 I would have expected to see something in both those places. Was that a shot of the browser console when you attempted to perform the change ownership? ---
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/5 "2025-07-07T15:43:12Z")
I have this now: ![This image displays the developer tools of a web browser, specifically showing the network request details for a web page, including headers, timing, and other technical information. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/8/0/38061bdc19a5c10fdb4973d6451d426add5acdd4.png) ---
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/6 "2025-07-07T16:44:52Z")
did you originally publish them with ActivityPub? ---
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/7 "2025-07-07T17:03:47Z")
Yes it was auto published ---
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/8 "2025-07-07T17:12:19Z")
that’s probably why. > [@Changing ownership of a topic doesn’t work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-ownership-of-a-topic-doesn-t-work/282338/4): > > It’s a current limitation(/feature?) of the ActivityPub plugin ---
### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/9 "2025-07-07T17:20:39Z")
Well, I’m changing quite often ownership of federated posts. But I admit — I change it before that topic/OP has federated, so perhaps I should say I’m changing ownership of a post that will be federated. If I remember right I have changed ownership of already federated one by moving that topic under un-federating category, did it there and moved back to original category. ---
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/10 "2025-07-07T17:28:11Z")
Will try that, thanks! ---
### Author: ![patrickemin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/patrickemin/32/520162_2.png) [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin) #### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/11 "2025-07-07T20:29:07Z")
Solved, thanks both of you ! ---
### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system) #### Post date: [August 6, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-changing-topic-owner/373203/12 "2025-08-06T20:30:03Z")
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