# Links to tags not working in final post unless autocompleted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884 "2017-09-12T10:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884/3 "2017-09-13T00:08:52Z")

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This does appear to be a valid bug. To link to a tag you need `::tag` at the end to avoid a namespace collision with categories. So linking to #pr-welcome is `#pr-welcome::tag`.

With that in mind, linking to #pr-welcome (`#pr-welcome`) works in preview but not once submitted.

I’ll note that using autocomplete when typing a tag adds `::tag` automatically. This is only an issue when typing the tag “manually”.

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