Who closed the poll?

zogstrip · June 17, 2026, 1:59pm

Thanks for the report @gassim I’ve added support for

showing who closed a poll in the poll directly
storing & logging who closed the poll for audit purposes

github.com/discourse/discourse

FEATURE: Record who closed a poll (#40989)

main ← poll-closed-by

approved 02:12PM - 17 Jun 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+183 -10

Previously, there was no way to tell who closed (or reopened) a poll — neither t…he staff action log nor the poll itself recorded it, as raised in [meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-closed-the-poll/405495). This change logs `poll_closed`/`poll_opened` staff actions (auto-close attributed to the system user) and stores `closed_by`/`closed_at` on the poll, surfacing "Closed by @user" in the poll UI and making the closer queryable. --- Also includes a small fix: the poll buttons dropdown rendered a `<dropdown.divider />` after every item, leaving a stray trailing border below the last option; it now renders dividers only between items.

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Who closed the poll?

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