# Retaining the # ( jump to ) post number

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/retaining-the-jump-to-post-number/275419>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 16, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retaining-the-jump-to-post-number/275419 "2023-08-16T16:32:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/retaining-the-jump-to-post-number/275419/5 "2023-08-16T18:46:53Z")

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> [@meave](#):
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> This number appears to be retained for the duration  
> of a visit to any Discourse site …

This number never changes, unless a post is removed from a topic.

There is no “retaining” period, it’s just the post number, where 1 is the OP, 2 is the first reply and so on.

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