# 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: ![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: [May 12, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-doesnt-update-on-rest-api-requests/343474/6 "2025-05-12T09:27:01Z")

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Topic views have been migrated to use our “browser pageviews” system. That means that they no longer include any kind of API or crawler requests.

The DISCOURSE\_VISIBLE header relates only to the legacy pageviews system.

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