The question https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/132072/does-doing-mathematics-make-you-more-intelligent was closed, but 13 minutes after closing there was an answer posted.
I suppose this is a bug, and not a feature of the software.
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asked Apr 15, 2012 at 13:50
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2$\begingroup$ Zev Chonoles' answer is correct. $\endgroup$– Jarrod DixonCommented Apr 17, 2012 at 2:28
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$\begingroup$ @JarrodDixon: Zev said "One thing" then "I believe that one thing would be out of date." which part is correct? $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModCommented Apr 17, 2012 at 5:10
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$\begingroup$ We allow a grace period on for adding answers to closed questions - see this Stack Overflow Meta post for the details. $\endgroup$– Jarrod DixonCommented Apr 17, 2012 at 17:14
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2$\begingroup$ Does this answer your question? Grace period when a question is closed $\endgroup$– jorikiCommented Mar 11, 2023 at 6:09
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I think it might be intended behavior. I remembered that there was a similar occurrence on MO; this meta.SO post is where Andrew Stacey filed the resulting bug report. Apparently the resolution was that
We now block answering after a reasonably large amount of time has gone by.
I can imagine that 13 minutes would qualify. However, I would have thought that, now that SE pages are almost-real-time updating with comments, answers, votes, etc. that the above answer would be out of date and that closure would take effect immediately, without someone having to reload the page.
answered Apr 15, 2012 at 14:54
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$\begingroup$ Yes, I was aware to the MO threads, but I figured that the software on MO is very outdated and the problem was corrected on SE 2.x versions. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModCommented Apr 15, 2012 at 16:52