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 can’t find that either. Do you know if it is possible to be able to figure out which user closed a poll in the forum? Thanks!

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 merged 10:22AM - 29 Jun 26 UTC (UTC) [image] ZogStriP +185 -12 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 ` ` after every item, leaving a stray trailing border below the last option; it now renders dividers only between items. **Screenshot**

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 users u ON u.id = pr.user_id WHERE pr.modifications LIKE '%status=closed%' ORDER BY pr.created_at DESC

Hi 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.

Thank you so much @zogstrip ! :folded_hands:

Who closed the poll?

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gassim (Al-Gassim Sharaf Addin) June 25, 2026, 6:54am 6

Thank you so much @zogstrip !

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Who closed the poll?

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