FEATURE: Allow admins to permanently delete posts and topics (#14406)

Sometimes administrators want to permanently delete posts and topics
from the database. To make sure that this is done for a good reasons,
administrators can do this only after one minute has passed since the
post was deleted or immediately if another administrator does it.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js

@@ -595,9 +595,9 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
       post.get("post_number") === 1 ? this.recoverTopic() : post.recover();
     },
 
-    deletePost(post) {
+    deletePost(post, opts) {
       if (post.get("post_number") === 1) {
-        return this.deleteTopic();
+        return this.deleteTopic(opts);
       } else if (!post.can_delete) {
         return false;
       }
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
         ajax(`/posts/${post.id}/reply-ids.json`).then((replies) => {
           if (replies.length === 0) {
             return post
-              .destroy(user)
+              .destroy(user, opts)
               .then(refresh)
               .catch((error) => {
                 popupAjaxError(error);
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
             label: I18n.t("post.controls.delete_replies.just_the_post"),
             callback() {
               post
-                .destroy(user)
+                .destroy(user, opts)
                 .then(refresh)
                 .catch((error) => {
                   popupAjaxError(error);
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
         });
       } else {
         return post
-          .destroy(user)
+          .destroy(user, opts)
           .then(refresh)
           .catch((error) => {
             popupAjaxError(error);
@@ -694,6 +694,19 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
       }
     },
 
+    permanentlyDeletePost(post) {
+      return bootbox.confirm(
+        I18n.t("post.controls.permanently_delete_confirmation"),
+        I18n.t("no_value"),
+        I18n.t("yes_value"),
+        (result) => {
+          if (result) {
+            this.send("deletePost", post, { force_destroy: true });
+          }
+        }
+      );
+    },
+
     editPost(post) {
       if (!this.currentUser) {
         return bootbox.alert(I18n.t("post.controls.edit_anonymous"));
@@ -1497,13 +1510,13 @@ export default Controller.extend(bufferedProperty("model"), {
     this.model.recover();
   },
 
-  deleteTopic() {
+  deleteTopic(opts) {
     if (
       this.model.views > this.siteSettings.min_topic_views_for_delete_confirm
     ) {
       this.deleteTopicModal();
     } else {
-      this.model.destroy(this.currentUser);
+      this.model.destroy(this.currentUser, opts);
     }
   },
 

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/transform-post.js

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export function transformBasicPost(post) {
     created_at: post.created_at,
     updated_at: post.updated_at,
     canDelete: post.can_delete,
+    canPermanentlyDelete: post.can_permanently_delete,
     showFlagDelete: false,
     canRecover: post.can_recover,
     canEdit: post.can_edit,
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ export default function transformPost(
     postAtts.canRecoverTopic = postAtts.isDeleted && details.can_recover;
     postAtts.canDeleteTopic = !postAtts.isDeleted && details.can_delete;
     postAtts.expandablePost = topic.expandable_first_post;
+    postAtts.canPermanentlyDeleteTopic = details.can_permanently_delete;
 
     // Show a "Flag to delete" message if not staff and you can't
     // otherwise delete it.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/post.js

@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ const Post = RestModel.extend({
     }
   },
 
-  destroy(deletedBy) {
+  destroy(deletedBy, opts) {
     return this.setDeletedState(deletedBy).then(() => {
       return ajax("/posts/" + this.id, {
-        data: { context: window.location.pathname },
+        data: { context: window.location.pathname, ...opts },
         type: "DELETE",
       });
     });

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/topic.js

@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ const Topic = RestModel.extend({
   },
 
   // Delete this topic
-  destroy(deleted_by) {
+  destroy(deleted_by, opts) {
     return ajax(`/t/${this.id}`, {
-      data: { context: window.location.pathname },
+      data: { context: window.location.pathname, ...opts },
       type: "DELETE",
     })
       .then(() => {

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/topic.hbs

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
                 showLogin=(route-action "showLogin")
                 showRawEmail=(route-action "showRawEmail")
                 deletePost=(action "deletePost")
+                permanentlyDeletePost=(action "permanentlyDeletePost")
                 recoverPost=(action "recoverPost")
                 expandHidden=(action "expandHidden")
                 toggleBookmark=(action "toggleBookmark")

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post-admin-menu.js

@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ export function buildManageButtons(attrs, currentUser, siteSettings) {
     });
   }
 
+  if (attrs.canPermanentlyDelete || attrs.canPermanentlyDeleteTopic) {
+    contents.push({
+      icon: "trash-alt",
+      className: "popup-menu-button permanently-delete",
+      label: "post.controls.permanently_delete",
+      action: "permanentlyDeletePost",
+    });
+  }
+
   if (!attrs.isWhisper && currentUser.staff) {
     const buttonAtts = {
       action: "togglePostType",

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/widgets/post-test.js

@@ -649,6 +649,36 @@ discourseModule("Integration | Component | Widget | post", function (hooks) {
     },
   });
 
+  componentTest("permanently delete topic", {
+    template: hbs`{{mount-widget widget="post" args=args permanentlyDeletePost=permanentlyDeletePost}}`,
+    beforeEach() {
+      this.set("args", { canManage: true, canPermanentlyDeleteTopic: true });
+      this.set("permanentlyDeletePost", () => (this.deleted = true));
+    },
+    async test(assert) {
+      await click(".post-menu-area .show-post-admin-menu");
+      await click(".post-admin-menu .permanently-delete");
+      assert.ok(this.deleted);
+      assert.ok(!exists(".post-admin-menu"), "also hides the menu");
+    },
+  });
+
+  componentTest("permanently delete post", {
+    template: hbs`
+      {{mount-widget widget="post" args=args permanentlyDeletePost=permanentlyDeletePost}}
+    `,
+    beforeEach() {
+      this.set("args", { canManage: true, canPermanentlyDelete: true });
+      this.set("permanentlyDeletePost", () => (this.deleted = true));
+    },
+    async test(assert) {
+      await click(".post-menu-area .show-post-admin-menu");
+      await click(".post-admin-menu .permanently-delete");
+      assert.ok(this.deleted);
+      assert.ok(!exists(".post-admin-menu"), "also hides the menu");
+    },
+  });
+
   componentTest("toggle moderator post", {
     template: hbs`
       {{mount-widget widget="post" args=args togglePostType=togglePostType}}

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb

@@ -303,14 +303,24 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     post = find_post_from_params
-    guardian.ensure_can_delete!(post)
+
+    force_destroy = false
+    if params[:force_destroy].present?
+      if !guardian.can_permanently_delete?(post)
+        return render_json_error post.cannot_permanently_delete_reason(current_user), status: 403
+      end
+
+      force_destroy = true
+    else
+      guardian.ensure_can_delete!(post)
+    end
 
     unless guardian.can_moderate_topic?(post.topic)
       RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post_per_min", SiteSetting.max_post_deletions_per_minute, 1.minute).performed!
       RateLimiter.new(current_user, "delete_post_per_day", SiteSetting.max_post_deletions_per_day, 1.day).performed!
     end
 
-    destroyer = PostDestroyer.new(current_user, post, context: params[:context])
+    destroyer = PostDestroyer.new(current_user, post, context: params[:context], force_destroy: force_destroy)
     destroyer.destroy
 
     render body: nil

app/controllers/topics_controller.rb

@@ -606,11 +606,21 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    topic = Topic.find_by(id: params[:id])
-    guardian.ensure_can_delete!(topic)
+    topic = Topic.with_deleted.find_by(id: params[:id])
 
-    first_post = topic.ordered_posts.first
-    PostDestroyer.new(current_user, first_post, context: params[:context]).destroy
+    force_destroy = false
+    if params[:force_destroy].present?
+      if !guardian.can_permanently_delete?(topic)
+        return render_json_error topic.cannot_permanently_delete_reason(current_user), status: 403
+      end
+
+      force_destroy = true
+    else
+      guardian.ensure_can_delete!(topic)
+    end
+
+    first_post = topic.posts.with_deleted.order(:post_number).first
+    PostDestroyer.new(current_user, first_post, context: params[:context], force_destroy: force_destroy).destroy
 
     render body: nil
   rescue Discourse::InvalidAccess

app/models/category.rb

@@ -920,6 +920,21 @@ class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+  def cannot_delete_reason
+    return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.uncategorized') if self.uncategorized?
+    return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.has_subcategories') if self.has_children?
+
+    if self.topic_count != 0
+      oldest_topic = self.topics.where.not(id: self.topic_id).order('created_at ASC').limit(1).first
+      if oldest_topic
+        I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists', count: self.topic_count, topic_link: "<a href=\"#{oldest_topic.url}\">#{CGI.escapeHTML(oldest_topic.title)}</a>")
+      else
+        # This is a weird case, probably indicating a bug.
+        I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists_no_oldest', count: self.topic_count)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def should_update_reviewables?

app/models/post.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Version 2 15-12-2017, introduces CommonMark and a huge number of onebox fixes
   BAKED_VERSION = 2
 
+  # Time between the delete and permanent delete of a post
+  PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER = 5.minutes
+
   rate_limit
   rate_limit :limit_posts_per_day
 
@@ -1090,6 +1093,13 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
     UrlHelper.cook_url(raw_url, secure: image_upload&.secure?, local: true) if raw_url
   end
 
+  def cannot_permanently_delete_reason(user)
+    if self.deleted_by_id == user&.id && self.deleted_at >= Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.ago
+      time_left = RateLimiter.time_left(Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.to_i - Time.zone.now.to_i + self.deleted_at.to_i)
+      I18n.t('post.cannot_permanently_delete.wait_or_different_admin', time_left: time_left)
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def parse_quote_into_arguments(quote)

app/models/topic.rb

@@ -1787,6 +1787,15 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
   def apply_per_day_rate_limit_for(key, method_name)
     RateLimiter.new(user, "#{key}-per-day", SiteSetting.get(method_name), 1.day.to_i)
   end
+
+  def cannot_permanently_delete_reason(user)
+    if self.posts_count > 1
+      I18n.t('post.cannot_permanently_delete.many_posts')
+    elsif self.deleted_by_id == user&.id && self.deleted_at >= Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.ago
+      time_left = RateLimiter.time_left(Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.to_i - Time.zone.now.to_i + self.deleted_at.to_i)
+      I18n.t('post.cannot_permanently_delete.wait_or_different_admin', time_left: time_left)
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 # == Schema Information

app/serializers/category_serializer.rb

@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ class CategorySerializer < SiteCategorySerializer
     scope && scope.can_delete?(object)
   end
 
-  def cannot_delete_reason
-    scope && scope.cannot_delete_category_reason(object)
-  end
-
   def include_cannot_delete_reason?
     !include_can_delete? && scope && scope.can_edit?(object)
   end

app/serializers/post_serializer.rb

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class PostSerializer < BasicPostSerializer
              :version,
              :can_edit,
              :can_delete,
+             :can_permanently_delete,
              :can_recover,
              :can_wiki,
              :link_counts,
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ class PostSerializer < BasicPostSerializer
     scope.can_delete?(object)
   end
 
+  def can_permanently_delete
+    true
+  end
+
+  def include_can_permanently_delete?
+    SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete && object.deleted_at
+  end
+
   def can_recover
     scope.can_recover_post?(object)
   end

app/serializers/topic_view_details_serializer.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class TopicViewDetailsSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   def self.can_attributes
     [:can_move_posts,
      :can_delete,
+     :can_permanently_delete,
      :can_recover,
      :can_remove_allowed_users,
      :can_invite_to,
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ class TopicViewDetailsSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     scope.can_delete?(object.topic)
   end
 
+  def include_can_permanently_delete?
+    SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete && object.topic.deleted_at
+  end
+
   def include_can_recover?
     scope.can_recover_topic?(object.topic)
   end

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -3125,6 +3125,8 @@ en:
             other: "Yes, and all %{count} replies"
           just_the_post: "No, just this post"
         admin: "post admin actions"
+        permanently_delete: "Permanently Delete"
+        permanently_delete_confirmation: "Are you sure you permanently want to delete this post? You will not be able to recover it."
         wiki: "Make Wiki"
         unwiki: "Remove Wiki"
         convert_to_moderator: "Add Staff Color"

config/locales/server.en.yml

@@ -721,6 +721,9 @@ en:
     has_likes:
       one: "%{count} Like"
       other: "%{count} Likes"
+    cannot_permanently_delete:
+      many_posts: "You can not permanently delete this topic because there are other posts."
+      wait_or_different_admin: "You must wait %{time_left} before permanently deleting this post or a different administrator must do it."
 
   rate_limiter:
     slow_down: "You’ve performed this action too many times, please try again later."

config/site_settings.yml

@@ -1677,6 +1677,9 @@ security:
   disable_onebox_media_download_controls:
     default: false
     hidden: true
+  can_permanently_delete:
+    default: false
+    hidden: true
 
 onebox:
   post_onebox_maxlength:

lib/guardian.rb

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class Guardian
     can_do?(:delete, obj)
   end
 
+  def can_permanently_delete?(obj)
+    can_do?(:permanently_delete, obj)
+  end
+
   def can_moderate?(obj)
     obj && authenticated? && !is_silenced? && (
       is_staff? ||

lib/guardian/category_guardian.rb

@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@ module CategoryGuardian
     !category.has_children?
   end
 
-  def cannot_delete_category_reason(category)
-    return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.uncategorized') if category.uncategorized?
-    return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.has_subcategories') if category.has_children?
-
-    if category.topic_count != 0
-      oldest_topic = category.topics.where.not(id: category.topic_id).order('created_at ASC').limit(1).first
-      if oldest_topic
-        return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists', count: category.topic_count, topic_link: "<a href=\"#{oldest_topic.url}\">#{CGI.escapeHTML(oldest_topic.title)}</a>")
-      else
-        # This is a weird case, probably indicating a bug.
-        return I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists_no_oldest', count: category.topic_count)
-      end
-    end
-
-    nil
-  end
-
   def can_see_serialized_category?(category_id:, read_restricted: true)
     # Guard to ensure only a boolean is passed in
     read_restricted = true unless !!read_restricted == read_restricted

lib/guardian/post_guardian.rb

@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ module PostGuardian
     false
   end
 
+  def can_permanently_delete_post?(post)
+    return false if !SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete
+    return false if !post
+    return false if post.is_first_post?
+    return false if !is_admin? || !can_edit_post?(post)
+    return false if !post.deleted_at
+    return false if post.deleted_by_id == @user.id && post.deleted_at >= Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.ago
+    true
+  end
+
   def can_recover_post?(post)
     return false unless post
 

lib/guardian/topic_guardian.rb

@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ module TopicGuardian
     !Discourse.static_doc_topic_ids.include?(topic.id)
   end
 
+  def can_permanently_delete_topic?(topic)
+    return false if !SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete
+    return false if !topic
+    return false if topic.posts_count > 1
+    return false if !is_admin? || !can_see_topic?(topic)
+    return false if !topic.deleted_at
+    return false if topic.deleted_by_id == @user.id && topic.deleted_at >= Post::PERMANENT_DELETE_TIMER.ago
+    true
+  end
+
   def can_toggle_topic_visibility?(topic)
     can_moderate?(topic) || can_perform_action_available_to_group_moderators?(topic)
   end

lib/post_destroyer.rb

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class PostDestroyer
 
   def destroy
     payload = WebHook.generate_payload(:post, @post) if WebHook.active_web_hooks(:post).exists?
-    topic = @post.topic
+    topic = Topic.with_deleted.find_by(id: @post.topic_id)
     is_first_post = @post.is_first_post? && topic
     has_topic_web_hooks = is_first_post && WebHook.active_web_hooks(:topic).exists?
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class PostDestroyer
     Jobs.enqueue(:sync_topic_user_bookmarked, topic_id: topic.id) if topic
 
     if is_first_post
-      UserProfile.remove_featured_topic_from_all_profiles(@topic)
+      UserProfile.remove_featured_topic_from_all_profiles(topic)
       UserActionManager.topic_destroyed(topic)
       DiscourseEvent.trigger(:topic_destroyed, topic, @user)
       WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_destroyed, topic, topic_payload) if has_topic_web_hooks

lib/rate_limiter/limit_exceeded.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 class RateLimiter
 
+  def self.time_left(available_in)
+    if available_in <= 3
+      I18n.t("rate_limiter.short_time")
+    elsif available_in < 1.minute.to_i
+      I18n.t("rate_limiter.seconds", count: available_in)
+    elsif available_in < 1.hour.to_i
+      I18n.t("rate_limiter.minutes", count: (available_in / 1.minute.to_i))
+    else
+      I18n.t("rate_limiter.hours", count: (available_in / 1.hour.to_i))
+    end
+  end
+
   # A rate limit has been exceeded.
   class LimitExceeded < StandardError
     attr_reader :type, :available_in
@@ -12,16 +24,7 @@ class RateLimiter
     end
 
     def time_left
-      @time_left ||=
-        if @available_in <= 3
-          I18n.t("rate_limiter.short_time")
-        elsif @available_in < 1.minute.to_i
-          I18n.t("rate_limiter.seconds", count: @available_in)
-        elsif @available_in < 1.hour.to_i
-          I18n.t("rate_limiter.minutes", count: (@available_in / 1.minute.to_i))
-        else
-          I18n.t("rate_limiter.hours", count: (@available_in / 1.hour.to_i))
-        end
+      @time_left ||= RateLimiter.time_left(@available_in)
     end
 
     def description

spec/components/guardian/category_guardian_spec.rb

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-RSpec.describe CategoryGuardian do
-  fab!(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
-  let(:guardian) { Guardian.new(admin) }
-  fab!(:category) { Fabricate(:category) }
-
-  describe '#cannot_delete_category_reason' do
-    describe 'when category is uncategorized' do
-      it 'should return the reason' do
-        category = Category.find(SiteSetting.uncategorized_category_id)
-
-        expect(guardian.cannot_delete_category_reason(category)).to eq(
-          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.uncategorized')
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe 'when category has subcategories' do
-      it 'should return the right reason' do
-        category.subcategories << Fabricate(:category)
-
-        expect(guardian.cannot_delete_category_reason(category)).to eq(
-          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.has_subcategories')
-        )
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe 'when category has topics' do
-      it 'should return the right reason' do
-        topic = Fabricate(:topic,
-          title: '</a><script>alert(document.cookie);</script><a>',
-          category: category
-        )
-
-        category.reload
-
-        expect(guardian.cannot_delete_category_reason(category)).to eq(
-          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists',
-            count: 1,
-            topic_link: "<a href=\"#{topic.url}\">&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie);&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a&gt;</a>"
-          )
-        )
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end

spec/models/category_spec.rb

@@ -1220,4 +1220,48 @@ describe Category do
       expect(Category.find_by_slug_path(["#{category.id}-category", "#{subcategory.id}-category"])).to eq(subcategory)
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#cannot_delete_reason' do
+    fab!(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
+    let(:guardian) { Guardian.new(admin) }
+    fab!(:category) { Fabricate(:category) }
+
+    describe 'when category is uncategorized' do
+      it 'should return the reason' do
+        category = Category.find(SiteSetting.uncategorized_category_id)
+
+        expect(category.cannot_delete_reason).to eq(
+          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.uncategorized')
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when category has subcategories' do
+      it 'should return the right reason' do
+        category.subcategories << Fabricate(:category)
+
+        expect(category.cannot_delete_reason).to eq(
+          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.has_subcategories')
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when category has topics' do
+      it 'should return the right reason' do
+        topic = Fabricate(:topic,
+          title: '</a><script>alert(document.cookie);</script><a>',
+          category: category
+        )
+
+        category.reload
+
+        expect(category.cannot_delete_reason).to eq(
+          I18n.t('category.cannot_delete.topic_exists',
+            count: 1,
+            topic_link: "<a href=\"#{topic.url}\">&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie);&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a&gt;</a>"
+          )
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end

spec/requests/posts_controller_spec.rb

@@ -224,6 +224,65 @@ describe PostsController do
 
         delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json"
       end
+
+      context "permanently destroy" do
+        let!(:post) { Fabricate(:post, topic_id: topic.id, post_number: 3) }
+
+        before do
+          SiteSetting.can_permanently_delete = true
+        end
+
+        it "does not work for a post that was not deleted yet" do
+          sign_in(admin)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json", params: { force_destroy: true }
+          expect(response.status).to eq(403)
+        end
+
+        it "needs some time to pass to permanently delete a topic" do
+          sign_in(admin)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json"
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+          expect(post.reload.deleted_by_id).to eq(admin.id)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json", params: { force_destroy: true }
+          expect(response.status).to eq(403)
+
+          post.update!(deleted_at: 10.minutes.ago)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json", params: { force_destroy: true }
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+          expect { post.reload }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+        end
+
+        it "needs two users to permanently delete a topic" do
+          sign_in(admin)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json"
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+          expect(post.reload.deleted_by_id).to eq(admin.id)
+
+          sign_in(Fabricate(:admin))
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json", params: { force_destroy: true }
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+          expect { post.reload }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+        end
+
+        it "moderators cannot permanently delete topics" do
+          sign_in(admin)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json"
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+          expect(post.reload.deleted_by_id).to eq(admin.id)
+
+          sign_in(moderator)
+
+          delete "/posts/#{post.id}.json", params: { force_destroy: true }
+          expect(response.status).to eq(403)
+        end
+      end
     end
   end