Platform: Website Browser, if a website issue: Chrome URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/55131 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_drops/157186 Description of problem: I’d like to withdraw these two draft taxon changes (as I’v…

I may be wrong but, for changes that require curator votes to approve, I think withdrawing only works for changes that have been already been submitted for voting, and it takes them back to the equivalent of draft status. The two examples you gave currently show draft status. I think “withdrawing” a…

I’ve been successfully withdrawing draft changes that hadn’t been submitted for voting (but would have needed to be submitted for voting), e.g.: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_swaps/98070 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_swaps/74563 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_swaps/84070 So it can be …

Yep, I see what you are saying, verified by “restoring” the first one you listed, seeing that it showed “draft” status, then successfully withdrawing it again. So the bug is more complicated.

Both errors started before the 22 April content freeze date (18 April & 20 April), and I was successfully withdrawing other drafts in the days thereafter. So perhaps, but seems unlikely.

Can't Withdraw 2 Specific Draft Taxon Swaps/Changes

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bouteloua April 22, 2026, 12:28pm 5

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Can't Withdraw 2 Specific Draft Taxon Swaps/Changes

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