# Point Not Applying to Topology
**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/point-not-applying-to-topology/742
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [9 October 2023 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/point-not-applying-to-topology/742 "2023-10-09T19:35:43Z")
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### Author:  [@Evercarl](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/Evercarl)
#### Post date: [9 October 2023 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/point-not-applying-to-topology/742/1 "2023-10-09T19:35:43Z")
When a point feature is created with two points over the same exact location point, topology will not apply to the added feature and disregards it. I believe this issue should not occur as it should act as if there is a single point.
I was having trouble applying a point I wanted to add to an existing topology feature. I created the feature by copying a feature and turning on the multi-point setting, which turned the line into points, as designed, however, I failed to realize that the single point I wished to keep was actually two points, one on top of the other. I created the feature as a half stage rotation reconstruction method, thinking it was only one point, though when I went to add the point to a topology, it failed to apply it, even though when in the adding stage, it recognized the point, it just seemed to fail to apply it. I just troubleshot the issue. The above statement is what I have deduced.
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### Author:  [@john.cannon](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/john.cannon)
#### Post date: [10 October 2023 01:54 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/point-not-applying-to-topology/742/2 "2023-10-10T01:54:22Z")
I’m not sure that the problem is two points being coincident with each other. Rather it sounds like the typical issue of having two features with the **same** feature ID. When both are added to a topology then it becomes ambiguous as to which feature should be used (so neither are used). It usually happens when a feature is copied (rather than cloned) such as when a GPML is copy’n’pasted (and so the feature IDs are also copy’n’pasted).
This [post](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/which-features-are-chosen-by-topologies/190/2) has more information.
I’m not exactly sure how you copied - you do mention a copy but it also sounds like there’s only one feature added to the topology. In any case, feel free to send me some example data that reproduces the problem.