# User able to post exceeding maximum length restrictions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-able-to-post-exceeding-maximum-length-restrictions/49983
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2016 年 9 月 11 日午後 4:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-able-to-post-exceeding-maximum-length-restrictions/49983 "2016-09-11T16:25:18Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [2016 年 9 月 11 日午後 4:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-able-to-post-exceeding-maximum-length-restrictions/49983/2 "2016-09-11T16:39:32Z")

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Sounds similar to

> [@Reply to Closed Topic thanks to Needs Approval and Keyboard Shortcuts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-to-closed-topic-thanks-to-needs-approval-and-keyboard-shortcuts/49887):
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> Okay, so this is a fun scenario, and took me a while to work out. We had a Needs Approval post that was a reply to a topic that was closed in 2012! Colored with confusion, I’ve spent the last hour trying to figure out how to recreate it and I now have repo steps. Login as a new user, must be TL 0 Navigate to a closed Topic Press SHIFT + R to open the composer to enter a reply Quickly paste a paragraph of text and press CTRL + Enter to submit your reply You will be told that your post is pendi…

In the sense, that the Post Approval Queue isn’t validating the post before permitting it. Looks like another change in that area would need to be made so it abides by content length too.

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