# How long does automatic “New user typed too fast” silence last?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-long-does-automatic-new-user-typed-too-fast-silence-last/392392
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 30, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-long-does-automatic-new-user-typed-too-fast-silence-last/392392 "2025-12-30T12:50:48Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-long-does-automatic-new-user-typed-too-fast-silence-last/392392/7 "2025-12-30T13:19:31Z")

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> [@haydenjames](#):
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> I will add myself to the mods group to receive the notifications.

If you haven’t already you may also want to check the site settings related to automatic silencing, especially `Notify mods when user silenced`

> [@chapoi](#):
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> It _is_ a bit odd that we have this code, which defaults to a 1000 years (lol), but also seemed to have had the ability to set a custom configuration though
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> `@user.silenced_till = @opts[:silenced_till] || 1000.years.from_now`

I assumed that the code would be used for the custom time period when you manually silence a user for a certain amount of time.

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