# What is the reason the source\_topic\_id that is added to internal oneboxes?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-reason-the-source-topic-id-that-is-added-to-internal-oneboxes/71722>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-reason-the-source-topic-id-that-is-added-to-internal-oneboxes/71722 "2017-10-09T23:09:39Z")\
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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:** [October 9, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-reason-the-source-topic-id-that-is-added-to-internal-oneboxes/71722/2 "2017-10-09T23:12:21Z")

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### A link to OP on CURRENT topic

`https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-reason-the-source-topic-id-that-is-added-to-internal-oneboxes/71722`

> [@What is the reason the source\_topic\_id that is added to internal oneboxes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-reason-the-source-topic-id-that-is-added-to-internal-oneboxes/71722):
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> In a private site I am noticing that internal links are mangled with the addition of ?source\_topic\_id=XYZ Why does this happen? How can I disable?

### A link to OP on a different topic

`https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-onebox-rendering/70788`

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-onebox-rendering/70788](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-onebox-rendering/70788)

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