# New user replying after topic is closed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 7, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083 "2025-02-07T15:01:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![wisewords](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wisewords/32/529711_2.png) [@wisewords](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wisewords)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083/1 "2025-02-07T15:01:43Z")

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I believe there’s a bug that would affect the forum (I use) in the future, and it’s this bug.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/f/4/9f4d5ea26f6ffaf733619ac07db5b3e081cc716e.png)  
This new user was able to add a new post to a topic that was closed 8 hours ago.  
They were not granted admin, mod, or tl4; they’re just a simple new user.  
(I am unable to post the user’s badges because i’m currently a new user here.)  
The post the new user made also got bumped, causing other users (in a seperate forum) wondering how this happened.  
A lot of people say it’s probably “just someone using some code to reply”, but I believe this is a bug that can affect a lot of discourse forums later on.  
We currently use forum version 3.3.0.beta6.

Will this be fixed in the near future?

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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: [February 9, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083/2 "2025-02-09T21:45:47Z")

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This should certainly never happen, are you able to reproduce this consistently?

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083/3 "2025-02-09T21:55:09Z")

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Could it be that their post was in the review queue and then approved after the topic was closed? I’m not sure if that is a ‘thing’ anymore but I’ve seen this happen before over at Infinite Flight Community a year ago or so.

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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083/4 "2025-02-09T22:19:33Z")

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I think you nailed it, ondrej.  
If a moderator approves a post on a closed topic, you will be asked if you still want to create the post:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/1/2/9128a83138b6abb0dd4bdee644f5700b8ed2e591.png)

Then it happens:

 ![A screenshot shows the homepage of a forum with a closed thread labeled "Ashkin" and a temporary message above it. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/d/a/3da187f8663707149f3bb215938687df30c19f7b.png)

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083/5 "2025-02-09T22:20:20Z")

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Thanks for testing!