# How did they post on a closed topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-they-post-on-a-closed-topic/297840
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** approval
**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-they-post-on-a-closed-topic/297840 "2024-03-04T16:46:24Z")
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### Author: ![twofoursixeight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/twofoursixeight/32/574822_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-they-post-on-a-closed-topic/297840/1 "2024-03-04T16:46:24Z")

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Was this caused by the approval queue? This is my guess but how exactly did this happen? I tagged it with #approval as it might be related to that.

 ![Screenshot 2024-03-04 08.43.46](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/0/1/e01afa5bc3a2e4e11a88ba18e0bcd44fa49e98f5.png)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-they-post-on-a-closed-topic/297840/2 "2024-03-04T16:48:11Z")

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If a new users post is in the review queue for approval, and it gets approved it still seems to get posted whether the topic is open or not. I’ve noticed it before on another community.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-they-post-on-a-closed-topic/297840/4 "2024-04-03T17:08:43Z")

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