# Slug is required in topic URL?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/slug-is-required-in-topic-url/45207
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slug-is-required-in-topic-url/45207 "2016-06-03T15:47:24Z")
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### Author: ![johnmuhl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/johnmuhl/32/43413_2.png) [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slug-is-required-in-topic-url/45207/6 "2016-06-03T16:45:34Z")

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Seems similar to:

> [@Title links only work if the slug is present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-links-only-work-if-the-slug-is-present/32165):
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> Links like this [https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-being-phished-on-third-party-domain/32112](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-being-phished-on-third-party-domain/32112) work but when you only use the /t/:id part like this [https://meta.discourse.org/t/32112](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32112) you get an error instead. Reloading the error page causes the correct page to load.

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