# Old unread topic doesn’t show up as unread in tracked category

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-unread-topic-doesn-t-show-up-as-unread-in-tracked-category/75681
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2017年十二月8日 12:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-unread-topic-doesn-t-show-up-as-unread-in-tracked-category/75681 "2017-12-08T12:12:57Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月8日 13:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-unread-topic-doesn-t-show-up-as-unread-in-tracked-category/75681/4 "2017-12-08T13:13:08Z")

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> [@david](#):
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> How is this problem different from Completely unread topics with recent replies should show as new?

They’re closely related but this is regarding a category I’m tracking, and should therefore be tracking all topics within it unless ever I opted otherwise on a per-topic basis.

So here I’m talking about topics that I think should be showing up as Unread. (I.e. it appears the system is not working exactly as intended)

The other topic is regarding topics which are not in tracked categories, but should still show up as 🆕 when certain conditions are met. (I.e. a new feature.)

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It has indeed gotten confusing though, because I believe this:

> [@Watching/Tracking old Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-tracking-old-topics/51606/7):
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> Perhaps, one thing that is “cheap” that we could do.
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> If a topic in a tracked category is bumped, add it back to “new” for whatever the new duration is.
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> Still would feel somewhat odd.

100% solves this: [Completely unread topics with recent replies should show as new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/completely-unread-topics-with-recent-replies-should-show-as-new/75682/)

But it is only a partial solution to the Unread problem I’m raising here. When a category is tracked, old topics with new replies should show up in Unread. But maybe we can live with this little logical discrepancy. The important thing is that topics are not missed and email-only users receive an update.

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