# Some topic category boxes are missing
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808 "2020-12-01T00:16:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808/1 "2020-12-01T00:16:11Z")
This is really strange. For two topics, and only two topics, no category box appears next to the topic title on the main page of my site. The first one should be in Communication Team and the second one in Announcements.
The category boxes also don’t appear for those topics (and only those topics) when they’re viewed on their own. Note the lack of a box under the title.
Even more weirdly, the second one does appear properly—both in the topic list and when opened directly—when the site is viewed as a not-logged-in user.
The site is here:
> **[FLRC Forum](https://forum.fingerlakesrunners.org/)**
>
> See FLRC race announcements, learn about group runs, get training and injury advice, and participate in the local running community!
Obviously, this is only cosmetic, and I doubt most people will notice, but it seems wrong.
This is in 2.6.0.beta6.
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808/2 "2020-12-01T00:38:24Z")
I can see the category box on the second topic.
I can’t see the first topic at all. Is it in a restricted category?
Does the issue occur if you try [safe-mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-discourse-safe-mode/53504)?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808/3 "2020-12-01T01:09:30Z")
I have seen this bug happen when the topic in in a child category and the parent category is more restrictive than the child. We took precautions against this but the site may have done this before it.
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### Author:  [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808/4 "2020-12-01T14:52:56Z")
> [@Johani](#):
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> I can’t see the first topic at all. Is it in a restricted category?
Yes, it was. I was intrigued that the problem affected both public and private categories.
> [@Falco](#):
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> I have seen this bug happen when the topic in in a child category and the parent category is more restrictive than the child.
Good to know, but at least the Announcements category is top-level and in no way restricted, so I don’t think that was it.
However, the problem has now disappeared for those specific posts in exactly the same conditions as yesterday with no changes on my end that I’m aware of.
So, chalk it up to cosmic rays flipping bits for now, and I’ll keep an eye on it.
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-topic-category-boxes-are-missing/171808/5 "2020-12-03T19:37:53Z")