# Subscription does not work for tags that are added later **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600 "2018-11-08T09:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1 ## AI-generated summary **Subscription does not work for tags that are added later** A bug has been reported where the subscription function does not trigger notifications when a tag is added to a thread after its creation. [Daniel_Mueller](/t/-/101600/1) initially reported this issue, and [gerhard](/t/-/101600/7) confirmed it. However, after further testing, it appears that the issue may not be reproducible. [tshenry](/t/-/101600/13) was unable to replicate the bug, and adding a tag to an existing topic successfully triggered a notification for a user watching the tag.
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Mueller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daniel_mueller/32/140533_2.png) [@Daniel\_Mueller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Mueller)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/1 "2018-11-08T09:56:41Z")
Hello there, I am part of the plentymarkets forum. Meanwhile also as an employee of plentymarkets. I have noticed that the subscription function does not react when a tag is inserted into a thread afterwards. It only reacts if the tag is set when creating the thread. But I would also like to see the topics that are tagged later. What can I do? best regards Daniel ---
**Author:** ![plentymarkets\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@plentymarkets\_david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/plentymarkets_david)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/2 "2018-11-14T07:39:13Z")
Friendly bump 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/7 "2018-11-14T11:13:33Z")
I can confirm that adding a tag after topic creation doesn’t trigger any notifications for watched tags. I’m moving this to the #Contribute > Bug category. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Mueller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daniel_mueller/32/140533_2.png) [@Daniel\_Mueller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Mueller)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/8 "2018-11-14T13:00:22Z")
Hello @gerhard, thank you for changing the category. As i have noticed, there is also the same bug when changing the category afterwards ---
**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/9 "2018-11-14T13:08:11Z")
It’s working for category changes in my tests with the latest version of Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/12 "2019-05-10T11:25:39Z")
> [@gerhard](#): > > adding a tag after topic creation doesn’t trigger any notifications for watched tags Can we still repro this @tshenry? ---
**Author:** ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/13 "2019-05-10T11:33:26Z")
No repro. Adding a tag to an existing topic successfully triggers a notification for a user watching the tag. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-does-not-work-for-tags-that-are-added-later/101600/14 "2019-05-10T12:02:49Z")