# Topic views doesn't update on rest API requests

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-doesnt-update-on-rest-api-requests/343474
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-doesnt-update-on-rest-api-requests/343474 "2024-12-19T21:56:05Z")
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### Author: ![jandres](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jandres/32/130933_2.png) [@jandres](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jandres)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-doesnt-update-on-rest-api-requests/343474/4 "2025-03-25T14:24:20Z")

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hmmm 🤔  
Thank you @sam but I wonder why before 3.4.0.beta-4 version it did it ?

> [@Request from API doesn't update User#last\_seen\_at](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-from-api-doesnt-update-user-last-seen-at/108528/10):
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> You can now set DISCOURSE\_VISIBLE=“true” on API requests, and Discourse will update the last\_seen time for the user [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af86cf46dc003f19ba52f71826f057884f1119ba](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af86cf46dc003f19ba52f71826f057884f1119ba)

also if User::last\_seen\_at is updated why not the views ?

When you say a feature it means a plugin that allow me to track views via API ?

Thank you again

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