Error when deleting a topic which has already been answered

Bug
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Hi :slight_smile:

When I try to delete a topic which has already been answered, I get an error.

  1. I create a new topic.
  2. I reply to this topic.
  3. I try to delete this topic.
  4. I get An error occurred: There was an error deleting that topic. Please contact the site's administrator..

How is it handled?
I see that sometimes the delete button is hidden, whereas the edit button is available, and sometimes the delete button is available and tells me that I’m not allowed to delete the topic.

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You can’t delete certain topics, those that are automatically created by Discourse, like the “About this category” topics.

I created a topic on my (up-to-date) instance, replied, and could delete the topic.

  • Can you give us examples of topics you can’t delete?

  • Are you admin or moderator?

  • What are the category permissions?

  • Did you try in safe mode?

  • Are there errors in the js console, or the network tab of your browser’s dev tools?

  • Are there errors in /logs?

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Oh, so what’s different here?

Test for deleting a topic which has already been answered - general - Discourse Demo

The delete button is hidden yet.
Should I do it again, or are you able to reproduce it there?

None.

I think: none. I don’t know what you call it.
You should see it if you succeed in reproduce it. Please tell me if you don’t.

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I know that the delete button is visible even if the topic has a reply, so you aren’t allowed to delete the topic. The text on hover also reflects that. Example from the last topic I created at Meta:
you dont have the permission to delete this topic
But I don’t remember noticing a topic where the edit button was visible but the delete button was not.

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That’s what I get here (for ex for this topic).

That’s what I get there, after a few time: https://try.discourse.org/t/test-for-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/1502

I don’t know how much time exactly, but it could be 1 hour, since I made https://try.discourse.org/t/test-for-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/1502 to be able to continue testing, after it happened to https://try.discourse.org/t/1st-test-for-deleting-a-topic-which-has-already-been-answered/1500.

I also don’t know whether the topic has to have already been answered or not for this to happen.
And I can’t test it yet: An error occurred: We appreciate your enthusiasm! That said, for the safety of our community, you’ve reached the maximum number of topics a new user can create on their first day. Please wait 20 hours and you’ll be able to create more new topics.

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But then your rights to delete and restore are very limited :thinking:

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By default, users can’t edit or delete their posts after 24 hours (30 days for trust level 2 users), which might explain why you can’t delete some of your posts.

Links to try.discourse.org quickly expire, as the instance is reset each day.

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Well, why not tell “you aren’t allowed to delete the topic”, instead of showing an error?

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Even if you can’t see my tests, did you try to reproduce what I told, and did you succeed or not?

BTW, why not reset try.discourse.org each week instead, so we’ll be able to test this kind of things?