# Getting around message requirement on custom flags

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2015年五月1日 22:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216 "2015-05-01T22:33:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [2015年五月1日 22:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/1 "2015-05-01T22:33:38Z")

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Today we got a custom flag that had no associated message. After conversing with the user who created the flag, the repro steps were something like this:

1. Send a Message to the author of a post via the Flag Post UI.
2. Reopen the Flag Post UI to submit a Custom Flag for the same post.
3. Note that the text from the Message is still there. Since you want to send the same text in the Custom Flag, submit as-is.
4. Think all is well with the world until a staff member sends you a message asking what your custom flag without a message is all about.

Because no message chain is created, no communications can be tied to the flag directly.

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### Author: ![accalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/accalia/32/48626_2.png) [@accalia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/accalia)
#### Post date: [2015年五月1日 22:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/2 "2015-05-01T22:35:33Z")

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attempt at a reproduction. ~~Awaiting confirmation that it actually reproduced the issue:~~ I have now received confirmation in bnelow linked thread.

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### Author: ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [2015年五月1日 22:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/3 "2015-05-01T22:37:07Z")

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Didn’t have to wait long. 😉

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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: [2015年五月2日 02:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/4 "2015-05-02T02:31:29Z")

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Yeah this is a bug, @neil can you add to your list next week.

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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [2015年五月7日 21:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/5 "2015-05-07T21:18:55Z")

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I fixed. The fix is just to reset the form after the first flag is successfully submitted. It wasn’t intended that the same message would be pre-filled for next flag.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年五月7日 22:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-around-message-requirement-on-custom-flags/28216/6 "2015-05-07T22:12:16Z")

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