Hi there! When creating a poll on discourse it appears that any moderator/admin has the option to close the poll. I tried to find out using the Data Explorer plugin if we can figure out ‘who closed a specific poll?’ but none of the poll tables seem to record that. I also looked at staff log and I c…

If you using the Data Explorer you can try with this (SQL) SELECT pr.created_at AS "Closed At", p.topic_id AS "Topic ID", p.post_number AS "Post Number", u.username AS "Closed By", pr.modifications AS "Modifications" FROM post_revisions pr JOIN posts p ON p.id = pr.post_id JOIN…

Thanks for the report @gassim :+1: I’ve added support for showing who closed a poll in the poll directly storing & logging who closed the poll for audit purposes FEATURE: Record who closed a poll (#40989) main ← poll-closed-by …

Who closed the poll?

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gassim (Al-Gassim Sharaf Addin) June 17, 2026, 1:04pm 4

Thanks! I don’t think closing the poll is included in ‘post revisions’, are you sure? I tried and the closing/opening of a poll doesn’t appear there.

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Who closed the poll?

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