# Topic link counter stops at 50

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-counter-stops-at-50/359412
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [March 29, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-counter-stops-at-50/359412 "2025-03-29T09:47:45Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-link-counter-stops-at-50/359412/4 "2025-03-30T14:45:15Z")

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~~Sounds like a bug. Maybe share the link. Maybe look in the code.~~

Looks like it’s limited to 50 on purpose; I guess that it’s a complicated join and having it do hundreds or thousands would be a performance issue.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/models/topic_link.rb#L37-L55>

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