# Notifications when a topic is recategorized **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079 **Category:** Bug **Created:** [20.Май.2017 23:13:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079 "2017-05-20T23:13:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david) #### Post date: [20.Апрель.2018 18:39:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079/14 "2018-04-20T18:39:29Z")
I think this is the same issue discussed here: > [@Does reassigning a category send a new email out to the group watching the new category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-reassigning-a-category-send-a-new-email-out-to-the-group-watching-the-new-category/39249/8): > > On my dev instance I just tried these steps: User1 sets “Announcements” category to “Watching” User2 performs these actions: Private message (publish timer) Create a private message with self, set timer to publish to “Announcements” Staff only topic (publish timer) Create a topic in a staff only category, set timer to publish to “Announcements” Private message (manual publish) Create a private message with self, click Make Public Topic [(screenshot here)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chatroom-integration-plugin-discourse-chat-integration/66522/29) This creates a public “Uncategor… I wonder if this also applies to publishing topics created using the shared drafts feature… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-when-a-topic-is-recategorized/63079)._