# Mark posts in topic as "read'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-posts-in-topic-as-read/394852
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [January 31, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-posts-in-topic-as-read/394852 "2026-01-31T15:32:42Z")
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### Author: ![kittenwater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kittenwater/32/541219_2.png) [@kittenwater](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kittenwater)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mark-posts-in-topic-as-read/394852/9 "2026-02-06T04:16:19Z")

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Actually, one more thing.

This is pretty interesting!

1. It DOES update at the post read history ✅
2. Posts read count increases ✅

BUT:

1. Topic read count doesn’t increase ❌

These are the 2 I’m talking about!

 ![Screenshot 2026-02-05 at 11.12.14 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/7/7/f77194348a432de24704052cbd38fc16ebeb768f.png)

Pretty interesting.

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