# Showcase threads expiry date

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234>\
**Category:** Website and Forum\
**Created:** [January 25, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234 "2026-01-25T16:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![6v6gt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/6v6gt/32/225488_2.png) [@6v6gt](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/6v6gt)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234/1 "2026-01-25T16:46:30Z")

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In the old Exhibition Gallery there was special configuration which prevented threads expiring because these were considered to be generally items of long or longer term interest. It appears, however, that this configuration has got lost with the category rename to Showcase. Further, it seems that new posts do not refresh the expiry date.

Here is one example from: [Weather Forecast Display (OpenWeatherMap 5 day) - #21 by 6v6gt](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/weather-forecast-display-openweathermap-5-day/1415350/21)

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/1/a/b/1abdfb1f294a2ff7abb0f28b28b129cf034f5b86.png)

Can the old configuration be restored ?

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**Author:** ![pert](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/pert/32/217111_2.png) [@pert](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/pert)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234/2 "2026-01-26T01:08:53Z")

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Thanks for your report @6v6gt.

> [@6v6gt](#):
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> In the old Exhibition Gallery there was special configuration which prevented threads expiring because these were considered to be generally items of long or longer term interest.

I forgotten that [we had made the decision to exclude the category from the auto-close system](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/auto-closing-of-topics/869153/77). I have now disabled the setting for that category.

> [@6v6gt](#):
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> It appears, however, that this configuration has got lost with the category rename to Showcase.

It is not related to [the category restructuring](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/updated-web-site/1335615). The regression occurred a few months ago when I did a comprehensive survey for categories in which the auto-close setting was unintentionally not enabled:

> [@Topic not auto-closed](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/topic-not-auto-closed/1411741/2):
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> Thanks for your report @xfpd. The auto-closing behavior is a per-category setting. I checked and found that it had not been configured for the specific #Nano Family > Nano ESP32 category in which that topic is located. I enabled the setting for that category, and also performed a comprehensive review of all other categories, also enabling the setting in others where it was not already.

> [@6v6gt](#):
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> Further, it seems that new posts do not refresh the expiry date.

You are right. I made a mistake when I enabled the auto-close setting for the category. This "Don't close until the last post in the topic is at least this old." setting is disabled by default, so we must toggle the setting when we enable auto-close for a category. However, because auto-close had already been enabled for this category previously, that setting had already been toggled, so when I toggled it again without noticing that fact, it changed it back to the disabled state.

> [@6v6gt](#):
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> Here is one example from: [Weather Forecast Display (OpenWeatherMap 5 day) - #21 by 6v6gt](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/weather-forecast-display-openweathermap-5-day/1415350/21)

I have removed the auto-close timer from that and all the other affected topics.

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**Author:** ![6v6gt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/6v6gt/32/225488_2.png) [@6v6gt](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/6v6gt)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234/3 "2026-01-26T01:28:11Z")

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Many thanks for sorting that out so quickly and also the comprehensive explanation.

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/showcase-threads-expiry-date/1427234/4 "2026-07-25T01:29:08Z")

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