# How does auto-close topics work?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122 "2022-02-22T23:54:21Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-auto-close-topics-work/219122/8 "2022-02-26T16:03:43Z")

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I don’t know of another way that message appears? I think it’s specifically an Auto-Close one that’s based on last reply. It seems that the topic had a timer put on it somehow, and by the system rather than by a mod or admin.

If you have access to the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-plugin/32566) you could check the `topic_timers` table for clues, but I don’t know how much that will give away? If there’s no record of one for that topic that might help rule it out at least.

```plaintext
SELECT *
FROM topic_timers 
ORDER BY created_at DESC

```

Has it happened to any other topics?

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