# New / Unread counts missing when "too many tracked topics"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-counts-missing-when-too-many-tracked-topics/32922>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 4, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-counts-missing-when-too-many-tracked-topics/32922 "2015-09-04T18:37:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kuro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kuro/32/38491_2.png) [@Kuro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kuro)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-unread-counts-missing-when-too-many-tracked-topics/32922/9 "2015-09-07T09:56:53Z")

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I am sorry, I am having trouble understanding this commit message:

> [@sam](#):
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> We cap new and unread at 2/5th of SiteSetting.max\_tracked\_new\_unread

Do you mean the numbers you show on the New/Unread Tab?  
Am I literally losing tracked topics (in terms of position and blue/grey bubble)?  
Why 2/5th? That seems like an arbitrary number to me. Could you explain this number, please?

Other than that, thank you for working on this.

Filed Under: Not sure if I will miss this bar!

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