Users fefrei and jomaxro report a bug where the chat category definition topic appears as “new” in the New-tab despite being unmodified, even though the category itself is hidden on the Categories page. While fefrei notes the category is hidden as expected and only accessible via the New-tab link, jomaxro confirms they can access the category page and see it in the hamburger menu, though not on the Categories page. Screenshots provided illustrate the inconsistent visibility: the unedited topic appears in the New list, and the category is accessible via navigation but not listed in the main categories view. jomaxro references a prior comment from @sam indicating the category was intentionally hidden pending readiness of “babble,” suggesting this behavior may be intentional but still confusing to users. The core issue is the misleading “new” status for an unchanged category definition topic, creating inconsistency in UI visibility across different navigation paths.
Categories are hidden in Discourse while the category definition topic is not modified. Indeed, I cannot see the chat category here.
While the category definition topic for chat also was filtered out from the suggestions on the bottom of topic pages, it showed up as a new topic in the New-tab.
Yep, noticed this as well, however I can see the chat category, and can open it as well:
Post appearing in New list:
I can also access these fine – I just wanted to say that the category is hidden on the categories page as expected. I could only find it by the link in New.
@sam: this seems to be a relevant that was brought up in this topic:
