Possible duplicate of: [Should I close a question now I have moved jobs and can no longer verify answers?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130519/should-i-close-a-question-now-i-have-moved-jobs-and-can-no-longer-verify-answers)

The question: [IllegalStateException - @ComponentScanning a springframework package](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27664335/illegalstateexception-componentscanning-a-springframework-package/27669327?noredirect=1#comment90020159_27669327)

I asked a question nearly 4 years ago after encountering a problem doing a Java tutorial. After a few days I think I gave up and moved on to something else. 

However, the question periodically receives new upvotes, answers and seems to have a good number of views. In total: 

* 6 upvotes
* 1 Favorite
* 16K views
* 3 answers

I've tried to post comments to the ticket to make it clear I never found resolution and moved on, but I'm not sure if I should do something else. A few options that seem available: 

1. **Delete or close the question** - likely not preferable since it seems people are still having this issue.
2. **Leave the question open** - Seems preferable given the lack of resolution
3. **Accept my own answer saying I never found a fix**.

Note: the possible duplicate I listed above was apparently rather localized; I can't gauge if that would apply in this case given the question is no longer viewable.