Wiki post not editable even by TL4 due to category permissions

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A TL4 user reported being unable to edit a wiki post at https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-providers-who-easily-integrate-with-lets-encrypt-dns-validation/86438, despite TL4 users normally having edit permissions. Admin jsha confirmed they could edit it, but TL4 users could not. After investigation, vinothkannans explained that TL4 users require the topic to be open to edit posts, referencing the relevant code. However, jsha clarified that the topic was open — the category was closed, which was the actual cause. Moving the topic to an open category restored TL4 edit permissions. The post edit time limit of 1440 minutes was noted but not found to be a factor. The issue highlights that category-level permissions can override user trust levels for wiki post editing, even when the topic itself is open.

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Hi,

We have a wiki post at DNS providers who easily integrate with Let's Encrypt DNS validation - Issuance Tech - Let's Encrypt Community Support that we’ve been using for a while. About 9 days ago, one of our TL4 users reported that they can no longer edit it. I can still edit it, but I’m an admin. As far as we know nothing changed with the post recently. One of our other admins tried closing and then reopening the thread to no effect.

As an FYI we have post edit time limit set to 1440 after this discussion, in case that affects anything.

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Hi Jacob,

Sorry for the delay. TL4 users are not able to edit the above wiki post since the topic is closed. As per the code, TL4 users should have the ability to reply to the topic to edit a post in it.

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Thanks for the info! It turns out the topic was not closed, but the category was. I moved the topic to a different category that was not closed, and a TL4 user confirmed they were able to edit it.