It has happened more than once now on our forum that the first time I see a new post, it is already locked. I am unable to figure out how it might have gotten locked. I am posting here in the hope of getting some tips about what might be happening. Can normal users (not moderators) lock their own …

If I delete it, it locks the post, but don’t change the text. If I Undelete it, it unlocks the post. I smell a :beetle:

Normal users cant lock their topics. The topic can be lock depending on what is set in the category settings. There is also a setting in admin settings that can lock a topic if an staff member edit this topic.

[תמונה] IAmGav: Normal users cant lock their topics. A user can dustbin the OP if there are no replies. This locks the topic. It should replace the OP text with ‘topic deleted by author’, or something similar. I think that leaves an edit history though. [self-deleting OP example]

Thanks for the quick responses! [תמונה] IAmGav: The topic can be lock depending on what is set in the category settings. (Most) other posts in the same category did not get locked, so I don’t think that’s it. I checked the category settings and found “Auto-close topic after: … mins”. It is n…

There are a few suggestions in this topic, though I’m not sure a definitive answer was found: [תמונה] Topic closed without system record bug Lately our community has been seeing topics being closed after the first post without any staff action or system record. I cannot f…

@IAmGav Was this you? Test please ignore - Usage - igraph support forum Well, you seemed to manage to trigger the auto-lock.

That is me. Nothing happened until I deleted my post. So it’s something todo when a new user deletes the post What version of discourse are you on ?

[תמונה] IAmGav: That is me. Thanks for testing! [תמונה] IAmGav: Nothing happened until I deleted my post. So it’s something todo when a new user deletes the post Did you delete, then undelete again? It does not seem to show the usual (topic deleted by author). Either way, this expl…

For future reference, it looks like this to me (no sign of deletion): [image] [image] [תמונה] IAmGav: If I Undelete it, it unlocks the post. This is good news. It means that the user whose post get locked will be aware of what happened, and will be able to “unlock” it themselves. I thin…

[image] Now that we have screenshots and know how to replicate this issue, please go ahead and delete that post :grin:

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JammyDodger 19 באוקטובר,‏ 2021,‏ 7:45am 5

There are a few suggestions in this topic, though I’m not sure a definitive answer was found:

נושא		תגובות	צפיות
Topic closed without system record Bug	46	3321	15 בנובמבר,‏ 2021
User able to edit title of locked post Support	6	921	18 ביוני,‏ 2019
Allow users to lock, unlist, and delete their own topics Feature	23	3144	14 בינואר,‏ 2017
User able to edit title of locked post (still/again possible) Feature	10	977	23 בספטמבר,‏ 2020
What may cause the auto-deletion of a topic? Support	5	492	4 בנובמבר,‏ 2020

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