# Lost ability to create new topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-create-new-topics/240661>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-create-new-topics/240661 "2022-10-02T18:56:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lost-ability-to-create-new-topics/240661/5 "2022-10-02T21:28:10Z")

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With the [general category commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18383), users on my forum now see then when clicking New:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/6/5/765419b34b93a4bd453d842cd22a29b4d4ebc58c.png)  
The category box is blank because there isn’t a #General category, and #Uncategorized is disabled.

When attempting to create a topic I get this

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/8/2/d82d04d02b8368ba0995807658f473e2dbdef3a2.png)

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