# Required tag groups not being respected

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-tag-groups-not-being-respected/308103>\
**Category:** Product 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://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@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")

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We have the following requirements for a category:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/9/a/09a151705bb6da002dcd8b672153ebf81a5b01cf.png)

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:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/f/2/7f284436a61cd3a9c33b28af95e68122c49a8d32.png)

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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