# Error Message when editing large number of topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276 "2019-10-30T21:27:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-when-editing-large-number-of-topics/132276/2 "2019-10-31T03:18:00Z")

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It is a very expensive operation so it is timing out.

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