# Intermittent Issue: Cleared Items Reappearing in Review Queue
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** review-queue
**Created:** [January 19, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804 "2026-01-19T15:43:42Z")
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### Author:  [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804/1 "2026-01-19T15:43:42Z")
While I haven’t pinpointed the exact steps to reproduce this behavior, I wanted to report it to see if collective experience might help identify the cause. Recently - possibly coinciding with the launch of the new review queue - I’ve noticed that items occasionally reappear in the queue immediately after being cleared.
This seems to happen primarily after taking “positive” actions, such as approving a post or topic. I recall seeing some of these reappear due to “AI spam-checking,” though I could be mistaken.
While the new queue and the AI check might be red herrings, the timing seems to align, so I’m mentioning them as potential leads…
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### Author:  [@kris.kotlarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kris.kotlarek)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804/4 "2026-01-23T02:21:14Z")
Thank you for reporting this bug.
I think that your observation is right. When a post needs to be approved and has been approved, it is sent as any new post to the AI spam check. If potential spam was detected, a new review item is created.
I made a PR to skip the AI check when the post was already checked and approved.
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37263](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37263)
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### Author:  [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804/5 "2026-01-23T10:56:49Z")
Thank you @kris.kotlarek! 🙌
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### Author:  [@kris.kotlarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kris.kotlarek)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intermittent-issue-cleared-items-reappearing-in-review-queue/393804/6 "2026-01-25T21:00:27Z")
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