# Show group opt-in guidance on topics you have no access to
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2월 27, 2019, 1:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195 "2019-02-27T01:20:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2월 27, 2019, 1:20오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/1 "2019-02-27T01:20:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Guide to Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-to-groups/110064/8):
> [@Guide to Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-to-groups/110064/7):
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> if a user tries to follow a link to an opt-in category / topic that they’re not opted in to see, they get an unhelpful error, and no means of opting in.
1. If you visit a topic in a category you have **no permissions for**
2. AND you are a logged on user
3. AND can gain permission by requesting membership, we should display a helpful message saying:
> Hey, you can not see this topic, but if you join the `AWESOME` group you will be able to see it, [request membership]
just pick the first group if there is a multi match
This does leak out a bit of information about “who can see” a topic which we do not leak out now. However to leak this data you got to create a group that accepts membership requests, so you kind of opted for it.
I really like this feature request, going to slot it for 2.3
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 27, 2019, 1:22오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/2 "2019-02-27T01:22:51Z")
Yes I agree this is a very sensible request and we should make it so.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [2월 27, 2019, 2:51오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/3 "2019-02-27T02:51:35Z")
I have a community with way too many categories. It would be nice to be able to hide most of them but still make it easy for anyone to see them.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2월 28, 2019, 3:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/4 "2019-02-28T15:13:55Z")
@maja can you add that to your list?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5월 1, 2019, 10:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/5 "2019-05-01T22:23:32Z")
Where are we at on this @maja?
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### Author:  [@maja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maja)
#### Post date: [5월 9, 2019, 8:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/6 "2019-05-09T08:03:27Z")
Sorry for the delay. It’s almost done, will open a PR today.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [7월 3, 2019, 9:49오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/7 "2019-07-03T09:49:04Z")
Here’s the PR
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7521](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7521)
@j.jaffeux can you take over?
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [7월 4, 2019, 8:13오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/9 "2019-07-04T08:13:07Z")
Ok I just merged it:
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> https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7521
congrats @maja 🎉
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [7월 4, 2019, 12:17오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/10 "2019-07-04T12:17:14Z")
This sounds great. Would it be possible to, say, have an example of its use on try? Does it Just Work if there is a category exclusive to some group and the group allows access requests?
Edit: I guess rereading the OP would have been smart. 🙁
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [7월 4, 2019, 4:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/13 "2019-07-04T16:23:00Z")
It works as said in OP:
> [@sam](#):
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> - If you visit a topic in a category you have **no permissions for**
> - AND you are a logged on user
> - AND can gain permission by requesting membership, we should display a helpful message
Meaning the visited topic must have its category with a group with request-able membership set in security permissions.
> 💡 You need to enable the `detailed_404` site setting for this to work.
There’s a screenshot in the commit:
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [7월 6, 2019, 4:00오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-group-opt-in-guidance-on-topics-you-have-no-access-to/110195/14 "2019-07-06T16:00:02Z")
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