# Setting a category's notifications to "tracking" not working as expected?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-categorys-notifications-to-tracking-not-working-as-expected/219313>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-categorys-notifications-to-tracking-not-working-as-expected/219313 "2022-02-24T19:58:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerry0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jerry0/32/94523_2.png) [@jerry0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerry0)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-a-categorys-notifications-to-tracking-not-working-as-expected/219313/6 "2022-03-30T12:26:09Z")

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> [@mbauman](#):
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> I don’t understand how the “Tracking” category notification setting is intended to work, but I assumed that it would behave as though all new topics within that category would have their **topic** notification setting selected as “Tracking.”

Seems like your topics are being set to “Normal” notification setting rather than “Tracking”.

I am seeing the same behaviour with the Tracking” category notification setting - but all the new topics are being set to “Watching” 😖

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