# Self Link previews not working for private site

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-working-for-private-site/59309
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 16, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-working-for-private-site/59309 "2017-03-16T21:29:07Z")
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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-link-previews-not-working-for-private-site/59309/7 "2017-05-18T16:04:27Z")

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I just tested this locally and oneboxing a login required forum does work. One caveat though: you cannot onebox topics in categories that are not public, because you could expose information to people who can’t see that stuff.

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