diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/close_topic.rb b/app/jobs/regular/close_topic.rb
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+# This file is back temporarily to handle jobs that are enqueued
+# far in the future that haven't been migrated to the ToggleTopicClosed
+# job.
+
+module Jobs
+  class CloseTopic < Jobs::Base
+
+    def execute(args)
+      if topic = Topic.find_by(id: args[:topic_id])
+        closer = User.find_by(id: args[:user_id])
+        guardian = Guardian.new(closer)
+        unless guardian.can_close?(topic)
+          closer = Discourse.system_user
+        end
+        topic.auto_close(closer)
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end