# Alternative to auto closing an unanswered topic
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255
**Category:** Meta Elastic
**Created:** [June 30, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255 "2024-06-30T14:14:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@LinuxArchitect](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LinuxArchitect)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255/1 "2024-06-30T14:14:14Z")
> Also be patient when waiting for an answer to your questions.
I believe closing a topic after 28 days when there is no answer is not a productive action. Sure, someone can create a new topic, link to the closed one, and continue the discussion. But by observation, I don't think that happens very often. I've been away from ELK for three years after my last client chose to go with OpenSearch. I'm back and running into issue after issue that is closed with no replies and no follow-up related topic.
I have not given much thought to a solution. Maybe link them to a category of unanswered issues so that they are more visible, recruit a few folks to maintain the category, and reward others for supplying answers to "real" issues that people still face in the current version.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255/2 "2024-06-30T14:14:14Z")
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255/3 "2024-06-30T14:45:51Z")
I think this policy has [recently been changed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/allow-old-conversations-to-be-resurrected/361037/2).
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-auto-closing-an-unanswered-topic/362255/4 "2024-06-30T14:48:31Z")
Yeah. I think it should be good now.