# Topic preview of pinned topic disappears

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623 "2023-11-06T20:23:15Z")
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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: [November 6, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623/1 "2023-11-06T20:23:15Z")

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I visited #General to check that the preview is shown there. Then I clicked the logo to return to the latest posts. The preview was still there. However, when I refreshed the site, the preview disappeared.  
 ![Screen_Recording_20231106_215927_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/2/9/8292e3e5e80a61d18cd56d644eb0faabf339765e.gif)

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623/2 "2023-11-06T21:00:29Z")

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Hmm yes, I can reproduce the issue… it seems like something is going wrong with topic excerpts.

If I open an incognito window and go to [https://meta.discourse.org/](https://meta.discourse.org/)

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 3.57.07 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/8/1/c814f6a18a3bfb1c4982378dba239b2ff61f7b91.png)

I get no excerpt at all on that pinned topic.

Then if I go to General from there, I get an excerpt on About the General category:

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 3.57.39 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/0/d/b0d3b6876ca7f328f73cf45cf88b9e5e4d383d2b.png)

If I refresh on the General category, both excerpts will appear:

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 3.58.06 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/3/5436d9f6ed5a3c8f0ea5d8c8062af265228f2f7d.png)

and if I return to /latest it remains

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 3.58.36 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/b/b/6bbcc2a5cbfd79995b5894413cf0a93e8e7d518c.png)

until I refresh

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 3.59.09 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/9/0/d90bfcfcb633f7479aaa8c4a366851fb42448d67.png)

So it seems that perhaps excerpts are only available when within a category? seems like a new bug to me (will re-categorize)

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623/5 "2023-11-07T10:10:27Z")

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Thanks @Moin and @awesomerobot. This will be taken care of via

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/24266](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/24266)

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-preview-of-pinned-topic-disappears/284623/7 "2023-11-08T08:00:24Z")

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