# New topic count per category is off

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [September 22, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781 "2022-09-22T16:59:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781/1 "2022-09-22T16:59:17Z")

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TL;DR the “bug” category shows “1 new” but when I go there, there is nothing to see.

First I thought this was a sidebar issue but I guess I have _discovered_ it because the sidebar shows per-category “New” counts.

Maybe this is happening because of the fact that the latest topic has been closed already?

_Addition_: this was a self-solving bug report, when I made this topic the problem went away 🤣

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781/2 "2022-09-23T07:54:26Z")

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I have certainly seen this before, but its a hard one, we need to figure out a repro.

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### Author: ![tvavrda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tvavrda/32/480674_2.png) [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781/3 "2022-09-23T09:36:08Z")

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I have seen this when I created a new sub-category. There is always this “About [Category]” topic, which is kind of semi-visible.

I have the main category in the sidebar. After creating the subcategory, the sidebar showed “1 new”. I clicked on it, showed the main category list and – nothing in it. As I realised what I have just done, I went into the subcategory, clicked on the “about” topic and the notification went off.

I don’t think this is your case but maybe it will help.

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### Author: ![HamMan2118](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hamman2118/32/383565_2.png) [@HamMan2118](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HamMan2118)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-count-per-category-is-off/239781/4 "2022-12-01T22:13:16Z")

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I am also having this issue!  
Sometimes it shows “New (7)” but I only have one new topic; see images:  
 **![|570px;x80px;](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/2/082d9332255fe8efc9768cf98c3ea8251b198975.png)**

 ![|928px;x208px;](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/6/6/66699685e9bc9a78956b48dd740fbc8ba78b6bec.png)

I also have this issue with “Unread” also:

 ![|928px;x286px;](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/e/5/7e524dfd3b011f0157686cd3d3cc71d2cc59862b.png)  
 **![|560px;x206px;](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/d/54d0ced6b91a45fd4f7e96b09d7765ad89ef2904.png)**

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