Negative penalty count

Contribute Bug

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A user reports a negative penalty count of -1 for a forum member, which appears to result from revoking a suspension that was previously requested in September 2024. The issue may stem from Discourse not properly counting penalties older than six months, as the forum recently updated to version 3.5.0.beta2-dev. Another user confirms the same issue and mentions clearing the penalty count using a button, while a third suggests admins can manually clear the penalty count. twofoursixeight provided logs and screenshots showing the suspension history and the current penalty state.

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The image shows a "Permissions" panel for a user with an "Attrity Count" of -1, indicated in red, alongside options to suspend or silence the user's account. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a "Permissions" panel for a user with an "Attrity Count" of -1, indicated in red, alongside options to suspend or silence the user's account. (Captioned by AI)1857×839 121 KB

So basically a user in the gimkit forums has a negative penalty count, I am not sure why, but if you look in the logs I removed a suspension in January while there was a requested suspension 7 months ago back in Sep 2024.
A screenshot of a forum or chat log displaying repeated interactions on Sep 2024 with various usernames mentioning "Requested it" and "name change" tags. (Captioned by AI)
A screenshot of a forum or chat log displaying repeated interactions on Sep 2024 with various usernames mentioning "Requested it" and "name change" tags. (Captioned by AI)1920×1334 131 KB

These are the logs of the user. I think the negative penalty is caused by me revoking a suspension. I don’t think discourse counts penalties that happened more than 6 months ago. The forum just got updated to 3.5.0.beta2-dev (0313eff1fe) today, but it used to be on a 3.4.0 beta.

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Me too I found this issue but I just cleared the penalty count using the button.

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You can ask the admin to clear the penalty count.