# Replying to closed post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-closed-post/383459>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 21, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-closed-post/383459 "2025-09-21T20:41:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![ct-337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@ct-337](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ct-337)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-to-closed-post/383459/1 "2025-09-21T20:41:18Z")

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This may have been reported before, but I couldn’t find anything.

The reply button is appearing on closed posts sometimes. It isn’t always and as far as I know, it doesn’t do anything but is still there. The screenshot below shows I can reply even though it is closed.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/c/5/ec5b69e8ddf5041370fe877992ffebbfdf39b99e.png)

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