# Inadvertent flood of emails / notifications when attempting to silently move Topics between categories

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/inadvertent-flood-of-emails-notifications-when-attempting-to-silently-move-topics-between-categories/390993
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** email, bulk-actions
**Created:** [10 december 2025 om 22:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inadvertent-flood-of-emails-notifications-when-attempting-to-silently-move-topics-between-categories/390993 "2025-12-10T22:51:22Z")
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### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [11 december 2025 om 17:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inadvertent-flood-of-emails-notifications-when-attempting-to-silently-move-topics-between-categories/390993/11 "2025-12-11T17:26:17Z")

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> [@zogstrip](#):
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> Ahah! I think I’ve found the issue 🐛

Brilliant! And thank you for both taking this seriously and the super quick fix! I’ve just tested it and all seems good.

I just wanted to note that the text in the UI is now different / flipped - so that the ticking the checkbox does the exact opposite of what it used to do. But that side of things seems to be working fine, so hopefully all good.

It used to be:

- Perform this action silently  
see [Bulk editing topic categories should not trigger thousands of email notifications - #12 by mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-editing-topic-categories-should-not-trigger-thousands-of-email-notifications/265269/12)

It is now:

- Notify users of this change  
see [Inadvertent flood of emails / notifications when attempting to silently move Topics between categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inadvertent-flood-of-emails-notifications-when-attempting-to-silently-move-topics-between-categories/390993/1)

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