# Staff Whispers - links in whispers showing up publicly in topics summary

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-whispers-links-in-whispers-showing-up-publicly-in-topics-summary/69134
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [31.Август.2017 09:44:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-whispers-links-in-whispers-showing-up-publicly-in-topics-summary/69134 "2017-08-31T09:44:57Z")
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### Author: ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [31.Август.2017 09:44:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-whispers-links-in-whispers-showing-up-publicly-in-topics-summary/69134/1 "2017-08-31T09:44:57Z")

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I love the staff whisper feature, but we’re keen to keep these conversations private to the mod team.

There appears to be a bug that means links posted in whispers are showing up in the topic summary panel. [Example](https://se23.life/t/visit-your-local-mosque-this-sunday/3094)

![21](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/f/ef7ee58e4670137c7ca841a4457407700d197c32.png)

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [31.Август.2017 18:50:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-whispers-links-in-whispers-showing-up-publicly-in-topics-summary/69134/3 "2017-08-31T18:50:40Z")

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Fixed via:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/66f2925348b2324ff952ce650ac13d8e6eb6b33e](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/66f2925348b2324ff952ce650ac13d8e6eb6b33e)

Will be backported to beta and stable branches.

Thanks for reporting this issue @ChrisBeach 👍

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [31.Август.2017 19:25:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-whispers-links-in-whispers-showing-up-publicly-in-topics-summary/69134/4 "2017-08-31T19:25:25Z")

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