# Watched word regular expression crash

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-word-regular-expression-crash/275701>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** watched-words\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-word-regular-expression-crash/275701 "2023-08-18T13:52:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![tumbano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ea924/32.png) [@tumbano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbano)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-word-regular-expression-crash/275701/24 "2023-11-06T09:47:52Z")

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I started getting error 500 on new posts since a recent update (last week). There were also errors related to emails (in sidekiq, it was watched words related). I only noticed this today. Tried to run an update but the error 500 when posting was still present. The only workaround I’ve found for now is to remove all watched word words.

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