When merging an idea via the API, no replies are created in the source and target idea.
As a result, the user is not actively notified of this merge, and the relations between the source and target ideas are not visible in the topics.
This is, however, the case when changing the status via Control:
Idea: My suggestion is to formally provide the option to include a reply in the merge idea API — just as would be the case if the status were changed via Control.
I understand that the status update part would be left out, since this concerns a different API, but the rest is still relevant.
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