# בעיה עם יצירת Topic עם external\_id

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-creating-topic-with-external-id/241689>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [12 באוקטובר,‏ 2022,‏ 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-creating-topic-with-external-id/241689 "2022-10-12T10:52:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 באוקטובר,‏ 2022,‏ 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-creating-topic-with-external-id/241689/4 "2022-10-12T21:35:33Z")

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Hi Mohan. 👋

I think what @RGJ was referring to: this isn’t a bug, since Discourse uses a “soft delete” approach by default. The `external_id` would be used in that context, which is by design. 👍

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