# Is /my URL routing considered a secret hidden feature?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904 "2015-09-04T12:02:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)
#### Post date: [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/1 "2015-09-04T12:02:08Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Link to /last post in topic no longer works after recent updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-last-post-in-topic-no-longer-works-after-recent-updates/32415/7):
> [@Link to /last post in topic no longer works after recent updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-last-post-in-topic-no-longer-works-after-recent-updates/32415/7):
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> I am leery of supporting secret hidden features not actively used in Discourse. They will break..
In documentation for our users, we frequently use URLs with /my to make it easier for users to jump to their preferences, profiles, etc. For example:
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/preferences-redirect-routes-dont-survive-a-login/13004/5?u=wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preferences-redirect-routes-dont-survive-a-login/13004/5)
Instead of: [https://meta.discourse.org/users/wesochuck/preferences](https://meta.discourse.org/users/wesochuck/preferences)
Is using /my in URLs considered a secret hidden feature ([like /last](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-last-post-in-topic-no-longer-works-after-recent-updates/32415)) that might be depreciated in the future?
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/2 "2015-09-04T15:00:59Z")
I hope it won’t go away!
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/3 "2015-09-04T17:21:21Z")
No `/my` is not a secret feature. We use it for the private messages a user receives when they sign up amongst other places.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/4 "2015-09-04T18:22:50Z")
The issue is that relying on a feature that we don’t use anywhere in “normal” Discourse is bound to break. But we do use /my/ as pointed out by @eviltrout.
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### Author:  [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)
#### Post date: [4 בספטמבר, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/5 "2015-09-04T18:25:32Z")
I did a quick search on meta for /my/ and didn’t see it listed anywhere which is what got me worried. But sounds like we’re in good shape for /my/. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 בדצמבר, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-my-url-routing-considered-a-secret-hidden-feature/32904/6 "2025-12-04T11:36:58Z")