# Responding to "solved" topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/responding-to-solved-topics/62927>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** solved\
**Created:** [May 18, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responding-to-solved-topics/62927 "2017-05-18T07:28:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/responding-to-solved-topics/62927/2 "2017-05-18T08:56:48Z")

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I suggest closing topics if they are definitively solved and further responses make no sense.

You can also set the category preferences so that topics in that category auto-close (x) days after the first post, or (x) days after the last reply, if that works better for you.

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