# Update topic after editing time limit has passed

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-topic-after-editing-time-limit-has-passed/59090>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 14, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-topic-after-editing-time-limit-has-passed/59090 "2017-03-14T17:21:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-topic-after-editing-time-limit-has-passed/59090/7 "2017-03-14T18:21:05Z")

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Then I would recommend you would make a plugin with a special controller that simply updates `bumped_at` on the topic to `Time.zone.now` and handles all permissions etc in said controller.

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