# Only posts with no likes or reactions can be "liked" in an archived topic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-posts-with-no-likes-or-reactions-can-be-liked-in-an-archived-topic/399681
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** reactions, fixed
**Created:** [1 april 2026 om 06:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-posts-with-no-likes-or-reactions-can-be-liked-in-an-archived-topic/399681 "2026-04-01T06:09:16Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [1 april 2026 om 12:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-posts-with-no-likes-or-reactions-can-be-liked-in-an-archived-topic/399681/5 "2026-04-01T12:42:28Z")

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Thanks @NateDhaliwal & @Moin, looks like reactions had some wrong logic when it came to handling archived topics.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39038](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/39038)

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