# Merged topic doesn't redirect

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-topic-doesnt-redirect/246657
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-topic-doesnt-redirect/246657 "2022-11-24T15:26:07Z")
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### Author: ![anon59994034](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@anon59994034](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon59994034)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-topic-doesnt-redirect/246657/5 "2022-11-29T01:34:36Z")

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It seems permalinks don’t work for internal links?

> [@Permalinks within Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permalinks-within-discourse/105589):
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> I would like to redirect topic 3405 to topic 5618. So anyone linking to 3405 gets sent to topic 5618, instead. I read up on Permalinks here: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/59727](https://meta.discourse.org/t/59727)[https://meta.discourse.org/t/88918](https://meta.discourse.org/t/88918) I tried setting it up a few ways: But none of these seem to make topic 3405 redirect to topic 5618.

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