# Left clicking permalink for renamed category does not work

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-permalink-for-renamed-category-does-not-work/55924>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-permalink-for-renamed-category-does-not-work/55924 "2017-01-17T19:11:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryantm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ryantm/32/134063_2.png) [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/left-clicking-permalink-for-renamed-category-does-not-work/55924/3 "2017-01-18T03:12:52Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> why would you expect old links to the previous name to still work?

Because Discourse automatically makes a “Permalink”, a URL redirect, when you rename a category. The point of this bug isn’t about renaming categories. All Permalinks do not work in the same way.

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