Changing a tag when "tracked" puts it to Unread for the current user

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A discussion is taking place about an issue with topics being marked as Unread when a tag is changed by the current user, despite the user being the one making the change. tvavrda has provided repro steps, including screenshots, and expects that the topic should not be marked as Unread for the user who made the change, but rather for others who can see the whisper post. Moin has also experienced a similar issue in topics where the last post is a whisper, even without tagging or enabling the setting. tvavrda mentions that this might be a more general problem, with other cases observed, but has only been able to reproduce this specific instance.

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Repro steps:

  1. Turn on this setting
    The image shows instructions for creating a post or a whisper post when a topic's category or tags change, requiring whisper posts to be enabled. (Captioned by AI)
    The image shows instructions for creating a post or a whisper post when a topic's category or tags change, requiring whisper posts to be enabled. (Captioned by AI)1070×162 18.5 KB
  2. Change a tag of a topic (add/remove)
  3. The whisper post is created as expected
    A screenshot showing a user named "tvavrda" labeled as "al" with an added proposal, featuring various icons and a message sent 8 minutes ago. (Captioned by AI)
    A screenshot showing a user named "tvavrda" labeled as "al" with an added proposal, featuring various icons and a message sent 8 minutes ago. (Captioned by AI)1338×326 24.3 KB
  4. Go to the homepage
  5. Sometimes you need to refresh the browser
  6. The topic appears in your Unread category
    The image shows a user interface screen with a navigation bar displaying tabs for categories, latest topics, and unread items, highlighting "Integration projects" as an unread topic for a project with an associated "Project Playbook" and "proposal," with a user icon on the right side, and a message indicating there... (Captioned by AI)
    The image shows a user interface screen with a navigation bar displaying tabs for categories, latest topics, and unread items, highlighting "Integration projects" as an unread topic for a project with an associated "Project Playbook" and "proposal," with a user icon on the right side, and a message indicating there... (Captioned by AI)1362×448 35.6 KB

Expected behavior:
As it was YOU who changed the tag there is no need to put it into the Unread category. I think it would be correct to display for anybody else (who can see the whisper).

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Adding an invalid tag to a topic creates a whisper post
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I noticed this issue in topics where the last post is a whisper, after I edited the content of the first post.
Without tagging and without enabling the setting.

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Recently I also noticed other cases but did not have time to dig deeper. It might be a more general problem but here I can reproduce.

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