# Some badges are not granted even though they should be

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-badges-are-not-granted-even-though-they-should-be/386743
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** badges
**Created:** [October 25, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-badges-are-not-granted-even-though-they-should-be/386743 "2025-10-25T21:24:12Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-badges-are-not-granted-even-though-they-should-be/386743/2 "2025-10-25T21:50:53Z")

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I have never read about badges requiring the action to be performed on/in the first post.

Is the category the posts are in public?

> [@Badges not granted in non public categories, despite "Allow granting of badges in this category" turned on](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-not-granted-in-non-public-categories-despite-allow-granting-of-badges-in-this-category-turned-on/161043/2):
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> It is not currently possible for badges to be granted based on private categories in Discourse. This is an intentional design decision.

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