# Randomly attached tags
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/randomly-attached-tags/411729
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [September 5, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/randomly-attached-tags/411729 "2026-09-05T22:02:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ecki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ecki)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/randomly-attached-tags/411729/1 "2026-09-05T22:02:43Z")
I have this annoying problem that some posts I make regularly with 2 hand picked tags later show up with a specific third one. It’s not a synonym and not set on the category. Where can it come from? In the beginning I assumed it was an accidental selection since it has the same prefix as the one I added, but since I pay attention I can say that’s not it. Is there a lot or table where I can find out where they are coming from?
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/randomly-attached-tags/411729/2 "2026-09-05T22:10:36Z")
Is one of the tags you add in a tag group where you configured that the thirst one is required as the parent tag?
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### Author:  [@ecki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ecki)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/randomly-attached-tags/411729/3 "2026-09-05T22:12:47Z")
No, at least I haven’t seen that (and also they are not really related). It also does not happen on test posts. I already thought it’s someone „helpful“ adding it but it sometimes shows up surprisingly fast