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

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-tag-when-tracked-puts-it-to-unread-for-the-current-user/349000
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** whispers
**Created:** [January 25, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-tag-when-tracked-puts-it-to-unread-for-the-current-user/349000 "2025-01-25T22:32:59Z")
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### Author: ![tvavrda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tvavrda/32/480674_2.png) [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-tag-when-tracked-puts-it-to-unread-for-the-current-user/349000/1 "2025-01-25T22:32:59Z")

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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)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/2/5/f2591d4b4cd245fd144466f81e8caf0515a21f17.png)
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)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/e/2/0e29764be59bf900094dfac8a3f924ed5582c2ec.png)
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)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/1/5/b1584bf6183a342b8d6fbd4acd21cf53c759c89f.png)

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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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-tag-when-tracked-puts-it-to-unread-for-the-current-user/349000/2 "2025-01-29T18:10:31Z")

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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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### Author: ![tvavrda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tvavrda/32/480674_2.png) [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-a-tag-when-tracked-puts-it-to-unread-for-the-current-user/349000/3 "2025-01-29T18:11:43Z")

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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.