# Post shows reply to non existing post
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [11.Июль.2017 15:17:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002 "2017-07-11T15:17:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [11.Июль.2017 15:17:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/1 "2017-07-11T15:17:44Z")
@sam replied to @codinghorror [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owner-cannot-send-an-invite-to-a-group/60617/10). But @codinghorror didn’t post anything in that topic and if you click on his name nothing happens.
Unless he did post, but the post was deleted.
Anyway, odd behaviour I’d say.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [11.Июль.2017 15:19:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/2 "2017-07-11T15:19:12Z")
It is a subtle “delete” bug.
If you delete the post then replies to the post still keep the breadcrumb.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [11.Июль.2017 19:40:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/3 "2017-07-11T19:40:05Z")
I don’t see this as a bug, the metadata is still valid, and the post may be undeleted at some time too.
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### Author:  [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)
#### Post date: [11.Июль.2017 19:41:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/4 "2017-07-11T19:41:54Z")
If it’s intended to work that way, then it’s not a bug indeed. But it’s a bit confusing. @Sam’s post says it’s a reply to your post, but noone can see it.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [12.Июль.2017 10:10:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/5 "2017-07-12T10:10:29Z")
I think the correct behavior would be to show an error message when the user tries to expand this post, stating that he doesn’t have the required permissions / the post was deleted 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12.Июль.2017 11:07:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/6 "2017-07-12T11:07:13Z")
You can test a similar behavior by quoting a section of a post, deleting the post you quoted from, then trying to expand the quote.
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [18.Июль.2017 08:55:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/7 "2017-07-18T08:55:13Z")
> [@Sander78](#):
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> if you click on his name nothing happens.
Could we at least throw an error message of some kind here, explaining what happened?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [27.Апрель.2018 21:07:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-shows-reply-to-non-existing-post/66002/8 "2018-04-27T21:07:24Z")
I beleive trying to expand a quote of a post that is deleted works OK now. As I recall it shows the trash can icon when expanded. Note that I am speaking about _actual quotes_ though 😉