# \[Paid\] Open/Active Topic Limit
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324 "2020-08-10T08:37:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324/1 "2020-08-10T08:37:23Z")
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# Update: CLOSED
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_ **What would you like done?** _
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**Admin Options:**
Selected categories:
TL:
Error text:
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**Use:**
User is only allowed to have 1 topic that is currently active/open in a custom selection of categories.
Say the selected categories are A and B. If the user creates a topic in category A, then tries to make another topic in either category A or B - then disallow it.
An active/open topic can be determined from the values In the ‘topics’ table in the db matching these:
deleted at: NULL
visible: TRUE
closed: FALSE
archived: FALSE
category\_id: (matches any of the selected categories)
Users equal to or above the selected trust level should not be affected (default: staff).
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**User UI:**
If a new topic is rejected, display an error including the custom error text and provide a link to their currently open topic underneath. If there is more than one open topic (should be a rare case), then either link to one (preferably most recent) or all of them. Whichever is most simple.
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_ **When do you need it done?** _
No strict deadline, an estimate would be helpful though.
_ **What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task?** _
Open to offers, just PM me. 📧 - I’ll update this thread if the task is taken.
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324/2 "2020-08-10T08:49:51Z")
Hello from [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io). Sending you a PM regarding this.
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### Author:  [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324/3 "2020-08-10T17:15:02Z")
I’ve updated the spec to be more simple and precise. Have removed the requirements involving the review queue also, which added quite a bit of complexity.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-open-active-topic-limit/160324/4 "2020-09-09T17:15:12Z")
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