# Required tag groups not being respected
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103 "2024-05-15T17:35:38Z")
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103/1 "2024-05-15T17:35:38Z")
We have the following requirements for a category:
There are two tags in the tag group `Product In Discovery`:
- open
- closed
When I go then to create a new topic in the In Discovery category, I see this when selecting a tag:
Am I missing something? This feature used to work such that the only tags it would show me there first, were the tags required in order of the specified required tag groups.
In this current implementation, I can select any tag I want and hit create topic, and it goes through.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103/2 "2024-05-15T17:43:29Z")
Are you checking as an admin or a regular test user?
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103/3 "2024-05-15T18:12:42Z")
Admin. I assume that that wouldn’t apply then to admins? (That makes sense, but I have a case where I would also want an admin to be required to follow those instructions)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103/4 "2024-05-15T18:16:07Z")
I’m afraid admins aren’t currently limited by those restrictions. If you give it a whirl with a non-staff user you should see it working as you’d expect. 👍
There is a #Contribute > Feature request for having them apply to mods (and admins) too:
> [@Make category tag rules / restrictions apply to moderators too](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-category-tag-rules-restrictions-apply-to-moderators-too/240496):
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> Problem: We have moderators who are also very active users of the site We’re using tag groups and tag requirements heavily — it’s fundamental to the structure of the site. [[1]](#footnote-1172192-1) Moderator powers are [always on](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regular-mode-for-admins-and-moderators-e-g-something-like-sudo/211617), even if someone with moderator status is just posting. Together, this means it is easy to inadvertently mess up. Request Please make tag requirements for categories apply even to moderators and admins.[[2]](#footnote-1172192-2) See [Navigating Fedora Discussion — Tags, Categories, and Concepts - Fedora Discu…](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/navigating-fedora-discussion-tags-categories-and-concepts/35555)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103/5 "2024-06-14T18:16:12Z")
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