# Cannot create a Tag Group with over 199 tags? ("Loading failed" error)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 5, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796 "2018-02-05T07:12:31Z")
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### Author:  [@dalerka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dalerka)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/1 "2018-02-05T07:12:31Z")
I repeatedly get this error `"Loading failed"` when creating a _Tag group_ with over 199 tags (counting for about ~1769 chars in total). After reaching some number of tags or the total chars (for all tags), I can no longer add more tags to this group.
Is it by design or a bug?
I tried few different tag names and saving a group doesn’t fix this either (i.e. allow to add more tags later).
This is a fresh Discourse install but I get similar error on other installations (all single container on a separate VPS with plenty of RAM and disk space).
Now, I trimmed the `Virgin-Islands` to `Virgin-Isl` and successfully added it, but the next tag cannot have even a single char 🤪
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/2 "2018-02-05T07:17:45Z")
Interesting, what do you make of this @neil? UI issue?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/3 "2018-02-05T15:41:24Z")
This doesn’t sound intentional. I’ll have a look.
I’m guessing you’re on an older version because mine looks like this ☹
EDIT: I can create a group with 205 tags, so it’s probably something to do with the length of the names?
@dalerka I created a group with 300 tags and will stop now. Can you find an error in logs or browser console to go with that “Loading failed” case?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/5 "2018-02-05T20:55:52Z")
So your solution is to update to latest.
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### Author:  [@dalerka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dalerka)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/6 "2018-02-06T05:21:55Z")
@neil Thanks for looking into this.
The difference in styling is due to my custom CSS and I don’t see how that could affect adding the tags.
I was on discourse ([86bf6ba](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/86bf6ba...tests-passed)) and now upgraded to the newest version ([e7b732a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/e7b732a...tests-passed)) and the problem persists.
NOTE: The problem starts when there are too many characters (in total) as all the [tags are being passed in a very long URL](https://eve.qa/tags/filter/search?q=&limit=5&selected_tags%5B%5D=afghanistan&selected_tags%5B%5D=albania&selected_tags%5B%5D=algeria&selected_tags%5B%5D=american-samoa&selected_tags%5B%5D=andorra&selected_tags%5B%5D=angola&selected_tags%5B%5D=anguilla&selected_tags%5B%5D=antigua-barbuda&selected_tags%5B%5D=argentina&selected_tags%5B%5D=armenia&selected_tags%5B%5D=aruba&selected_tags%5B%5D=australia&selected_tags%5B%5D=austria&selected_tags%5B%5D=azerbaijan&selected_tags%5B%5D=bahamas&selected_tags%5B%5D=bahrain&selected_tags%5B%5D=bangladesh&selected_tags%5B%5D=barbados&selected_tags%5B%5D=belarus&selected_tags%5B%5D=belgium&selected_tags%5B%5D=belize&selected_tags%5B%5D=benin&selected_tags%5B%5D=bermuda&selected_tags%5B%5D=bhutan&selected_tags%5B%5D=bolivia&selected_tags%5B%5D=bosnia-herzegovina&selected_tags%5B%5D=botswana&selected_tags%5B%5D=brunei&selected_tags%5B%5D=bulgaria&selected_tags%5B%5D=burkina-faso&selected_tags%5B%5D=burundi&selected_tags%5B%5D=bvi&selected_tags%5B%5D=cabo-verde&selected_tags%5B%5D=cambodia&selected_tags%5B%5D=cameroon&selected_tags%5B%5D=canada&selected_tags%5B%5D=car&selected_tags%5B%5D=caribbean-netherland&selected_tags%5B%5D=cayman-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=chad&selected_tags%5B%5D=chile&selected_tags%5B%5D=china&selected_tags%5B%5D=colombia&selected_tags%5B%5D=comoros&selected_tags%5B%5D=congo&selected_tags%5B%5D=cook-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=costa-rica&selected_tags%5B%5D=croatia&selected_tags%5B%5D=cuba&selected_tags%5B%5D=cura%C3%A7ao&selected_tags%5B%5D=cyprus&selected_tags%5B%5D=czech-republic&selected_tags%5B%5D=c%C3%B4te-d-ivoire&selected_tags%5B%5D=denmark&selected_tags%5B%5D=djibouti&selected_tags%5B%5D=dominica&selected_tags%5B%5D=dominican-republic&selected_tags%5B%5D=dr-congo&selected_tags%5B%5D=ecuador&selected_tags%5B%5D=egypt&selected_tags%5B%5D=el-salvador&selected_tags%5B%5D=equatorial-guinea&selected_tags%5B%5D=eritrea&selected_tags%5B%5D=estonia&selected_tags%5B%5D=ethiopia&selected_tags%5B%5D=falkland-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=faroe-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=fiji&selected_tags%5B%5D=finland&selected_tags%5B%5D=france&selected_tags%5B%5D=french-guiana&selected_tags%5B%5D=french-polynesia&selected_tags%5B%5D=gabon&selected_tags%5B%5D=georgia&selected_tags%5B%5D=germany&selected_tags%5B%5D=ghana&selected_tags%5B%5D=gibraltar&selected_tags%5B%5D=greece&selected_tags%5B%5D=greenland&selected_tags%5B%5D=grenada&selected_tags%5B%5D=guadeloupe&selected_tags%5B%5D=guam&selected_tags%5B%5D=guatemala&selected_tags%5B%5D=guernsey-jersey&selected_tags%5B%5D=guinea&selected_tags%5B%5D=guinea-bissau&selected_tags%5B%5D=guyana&selected_tags%5B%5D=haiti&selected_tags%5B%5D=honduras&selected_tags%5B%5D=hong-kong&selected_tags%5B%5D=hungary&selected_tags%5B%5D=iceland&selected_tags%5B%5D=india&selected_tags%5B%5D=indonesia&selected_tags%5B%5D=iran&selected_tags%5B%5D=iraq&selected_tags%5B%5D=ireland&selected_tags%5B%5D=isle-of-man&selected_tags%5B%5D=israel&selected_tags%5B%5D=italy&selected_tags%5B%5D=jamaica&selected_tags%5B%5D=japan&selected_tags%5B%5D=jordan&selected_tags%5B%5D=kazakhstan&selected_tags%5B%5D=kenya&selected_tags%5B%5D=kiribati&selected_tags%5B%5D=kuwait&selected_tags%5B%5D=kyrgyzstan&selected_tags%5B%5D=laos&selected_tags%5B%5D=latvia&selected_tags%5B%5D=lebanon&selected_tags%5B%5D=lesotho&selected_tags%5B%5D=liberia&selected_tags%5B%5D=libya&selected_tags%5B%5D=liechtenstein&selected_tags%5B%5D=lithuania&selected_tags%5B%5D=luxembourg&selected_tags%5B%5D=macau&selected_tags%5B%5D=macedonia&selected_tags%5B%5D=madagascar&selected_tags%5B%5D=malawi&selected_tags%5B%5D=malaysia&selected_tags%5B%5D=maldives&selected_tags%5B%5D=mali&selected_tags%5B%5D=malta&selected_tags%5B%5D=marshall-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=martinique&selected_tags%5B%5D=mauritania&selected_tags%5B%5D=mauritius&selected_tags%5B%5D=mayotte&selected_tags%5B%5D=mexico&selected_tags%5B%5D=micronesia&selected_tags%5B%5D=moldova&selected_tags%5B%5D=monaco&selected_tags%5B%5D=mongolia&selected_tags%5B%5D=montenegro&selected_tags%5B%5D=montserrat&selected_tags%5B%5D=morocco&selected_tags%5B%5D=mozambique&selected_tags%5B%5D=myanmar&selected_tags%5B%5D=n-mariana-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=namibia&selected_tags%5B%5D=nauru&selected_tags%5B%5D=nepal&selected_tags%5B%5D=netherlands&selected_tags%5B%5D=new-caledonia&selected_tags%5B%5D=new-zealand&selected_tags%5B%5D=nicaragua&selected_tags%5B%5D=niger&selected_tags%5B%5D=nigeria&selected_tags%5B%5D=niue&selected_tags%5B%5D=north-korea&selected_tags%5B%5D=norway&selected_tags%5B%5D=oman&selected_tags%5B%5D=pakistan&selected_tags%5B%5D=palau&selected_tags%5B%5D=palestine&selected_tags%5B%5D=panama&selected_tags%5B%5D=papua-new-guinea&selected_tags%5B%5D=paraguay&selected_tags%5B%5D=peru&selected_tags%5B%5D=philippines&selected_tags%5B%5D=poland&selected_tags%5B%5D=portugal&selected_tags%5B%5D=puerto-rico&selected_tags%5B%5D=qatar&selected_tags%5B%5D=romania&selected_tags%5B%5D=russia&selected_tags%5B%5D=rwanda&selected_tags%5B%5D=r%C3%A9union&selected_tags%5B%5D=samoa&selected_tags%5B%5D=san-marino&selected_tags%5B%5D=sao-tome-principe&selected_tags%5B%5D=saudi-arabia&selected_tags%5B%5D=senegal&selected_tags%5B%5D=serbia&selected_tags%5B%5D=seychelles&selected_tags%5B%5D=sierra-leone&selected_tags%5B%5D=singapore&selected_tags%5B%5D=sint-maarten&selected_tags%5B%5D=slovakia&selected_tags%5B%5D=slovenia&selected_tags%5B%5D=solomon-islands&selected_tags%5B%5D=somalia&selected_tags%5B%5D=south-africa&selected_tags%5B%5D=south-korea&selected_tags%5B%5D=south-sudan&selected_tags%5B%5D=spain&selected_tags%5B%5D=sri-lanka&selected_tags%5B%5D=s-h-a-t-c&selected_tags%5B%5D=st-kitts-nevis&selected_tags%5B%5D=st-lucia&selected_tags%5B%5D=st-pierre-miquelon&selected_tags%5B%5D=st-vincent-grenadine) resulting in:
`XHR failed loading: GET ` in the browser console.
So, how should this issue be addressed?
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/7 "2018-02-06T22:12:36Z")
Hmm. I think it’s safe to stop sending _all_ the tags you’ve already input. Only the tag group input allows so many tags.
I pushed a fix to send no more than 100 tags.
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### Author:  [@dalerka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dalerka)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/8 "2018-02-07T05:50:05Z")
Thank you! Meanwhile (as a workaround) I split one large tag group into two smaller groups.
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### Author:  [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-create-a-tag-group-with-over-199-tags-loading-failed-error/79796/9 "2018-02-07T23:00:02Z")
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