Translation of posts not always updated

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monty25 reported that post translations do not always update after edits, specifically noting that an edit to a user’s post did not trigger a translation update while an admin’s edit did. After investigating audit logs and using the forced “update translations” button, monty25 asked how to ensure all edited posts are translated, mentioning a preference for a limit of two edits per day for GDPR compliance or typo fixes.

awesomerobot investigated the topic JSON and observed that the affected post had version: 3, suggesting it may have hit the daily cap of two edits allowed for translations. awesomerobot noted a potential gap in the system where there is no job scheduled to re-queue translation updates for posts that exceed this daily limit.

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The translations of updated posts do not always get updated, even when it is the first edit.

For example on Odoo: Account.Move_Line heeft enkel kolommen, geen rijen - invantive I have edited post 8 and 9 as admin user.

Post 8 is from another user. According to the query below and /logs, the translations have not been updated.

Post 9 is by the admin user itself. The translations have been updated.

Query used in Data Explorer:

-- [params]
-- date :start_date = '2025-11-01'

SELECT 
  feature_name,
  created_at,
  post_id,
  response_tokens
FROM 
  ai_api_audit_logs
WHERE 
  post_id IS NOT NULL
  AND created_at > :start_date
  AND (response_tokens IS NULL OR response_tokens != 1)
ORDER BY 
  created_at DESC

Results contained post 9 but not 8:

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Then used the forced “update translations” button on the post with indeed an update occurring of the translations:

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Running Discourse 2026.7.3 / origin/release/2026.7

How can I ensure the translations are updated for all posts when edited?

A limit of 2 edits per day is fine. Typically we need one edit to remove Personal Identifiable Information (GDPR) or remove typos.

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Looking at the JSON for that topic, https://forums.invantive.com/t/odoo-account-move-line-heeft-enkel-kolommen-geen-rijen/6947.json

for post number 8, I see version: 3 so it looks like it may have been edited 3 times? Is it possible it hit the 2 edit per day cap for translations?

one thing I can’t see is any sort of job that comes back to posts with multiple edits per day later… which may be a gap we need to close