# Internal links not oneboxing in private messages

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-links-not-oneboxing-in-private-messages/80602
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-links-not-oneboxing-in-private-messages/80602 "2018-02-15T05:37:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![xrav3nz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xrav3nz/32/76894_2.png) [@xrav3nz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrav3nz)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-links-not-oneboxing-in-private-messages/80602/12 "2018-02-20T15:13:27Z")

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Quick demo/test:

A post in the current topic:

> [@Internal links not oneboxing in private messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-links-not-oneboxing-in-private-messages/80602/11):
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> There’s now a title when linking to a different topic [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/60ec483caae52db3e067292a22f7bdaae7f879ca](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/60ec483caae52db3e067292a22f7bdaae7f879ca)

A post from another topic:

> [@Available settings for global rate limits and throttling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-rate-limits-and-throttling-in-discourse/78612):
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> Discourse ships with 3 different global rate limits that can be configured by site admins. Global per-ip rate limits These limits apply to every unique IP address that hits the Discourse application. (files that are served directly from the filesystem or the CDN are excluded) By default this rate limit is enabled, you may disable it or set it to a reporting mode. DISCOURSE\_MAX\_REQS\_PER\_IP\_MODE : default block, this rate limit applies out of the box. (other options are warn, warn+block, and n…

~~tada~~ Thanks @zogstrip for following through with the issue!

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What I see in composer preview:

 ![34%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/6/663a707b1c991165eb5e9f9182e86d18cb5fc177.png)

What I see in the post:

 ![51%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/7/476ccc0a03e2576a0b1f677dea18c519dd470270.png)

Why do I feel like we have gone down some kind of rabbit hole…

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