# Error thrown when clicking Customise / Templates link in admin menu

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** form-templates
**Created:** [November 22, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393 "2025-11-22T19:05:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393/1 "2025-11-22T19:05:46Z")

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Discourse 3.6.0.beta3-latest ([3183a95823](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/3183a95823f6c95d4ffd96489f4091a545a1953e)).

Clicking the `Customise / Templates` link in the `Experimental form templates` setting throws an Access Denied error.

Steps to replicate:

1. Click this link:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-22 at 19.02.26](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/7/7/d773a471bcab8b9458f678a00634623a4ee6a398.png)

1. Error occurs:

 ![Screenshot 2025-11-22 at 19.03.44](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/8/4/584c5cfdc52875b296b4734a4f911f0b6ae84a04.png)

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393/2 "2025-11-22T19:11:19Z")

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Does the link work after you enable the setting (and maybe reload)?

I wonder if the path doesn’t work when the feature is disabled.

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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-thrown-when-clicking-customise-templates-link-in-admin-menu/389393/3 "2025-11-22T21:09:22Z")

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> [@Moin](#):
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> Does the link work after you enable the setting (and maybe reload)?

Yes, it does.

The error is thrown when it’s in the default state of not being ticked.