# Adding an invalid tag to a topic creates a whisper post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-invalid-tag-to-a-topic-creates-a-whisper-post/383286
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** pr-welcome, tags
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-invalid-tag-to-a-topic-creates-a-whisper-post/383286 "2025-09-19T13:41:58Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-invalid-tag-to-a-topic-creates-a-whisper-post/383286/2 "2025-09-22T00:21:01Z")

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Interesting edge case, I wonder if we should put a #pr-welcome on this @hugh ?

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