A Meta spokesperson says the issue has been fixed and “ghost posts are back to resting in peace where they belong.”

UPDATE: Oct. 30, 2025, 5:32 PM None Meta confirmed to Mashable that Threads ghost posts appeared in web searches after the 24-hour expiration period and that the issue had been fixed as of Oct. 30. “We found a bug that let expired ghost posts appear in web searches,” said Meta …