# FIX: Stop time tracking for a deleted topic/post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-stop-time-tracking-for-a-deleted-topic-post/416276>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [November 1, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-stop-time-tracking-for-a-deleted-topic-post/416276 "2026-11-01T03:53:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-stop-time-tracking-for-a-deleted-topic-post/416276/1 "2026-11-01T03:53:23Z")

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For category moderators, the time tracking for a deleted topic/posts under a deleted topic will cause dozens of 404 requests trying to post to `/topics/timings`.

This commit stops the time tracking for that case, also adds a qunit test to cover that case.

 ![image.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/5/d/75dff7acd213b7607eb67980397ffd2b17c27209.png)

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/45425>
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> For category moderators, the time tracking for a deleted topic/posts under a del…eted topic will cause dozens of 404 requests trying to post to \`/topics/timings\`.
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> This commit stops the time tracking for that case, also adds a qunit test to cover that case.
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> !\[image.png\](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e570d6bd-5f4a-4087-8f5d-e3d01465bda8)

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