# Moderators can't hide flagged posts

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cant-hide-flagged-posts/369315
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** review-queue
**Created:** [June 8, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cant-hide-flagged-posts/369315 "2025-06-08T17:51:53Z")
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### Author: ![Teafh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/teafh/32/269081_2.png) [@Teafh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Teafh)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cant-hide-flagged-posts/369315/1 "2025-06-08T17:51:53Z")

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1. User A sent a post.

2. User B flagged that post, e.g. inappropriate.

3. Moderators approved and hid that post.

4. User A edited that hidden post, and user B received the editing message.

5. User B flagged that post again with same reason _inappropriate_.

Suppose that post isn’t automatically hidden, then there’ll be some strange behavior

- If someone (including Moderators) want to flag that post, it will show a massage saying that post has already been reviewed and cannot be flagged, though that flag is still under review.

- If Moderators choose to approve the flag and hide that post, the post won’t be hidden, and cannot be flagged anymore.

Expected behavior:

- When the flag is still active, other users can flag that post.

- When Moderators approve and hide that post, the post will be hidden.