# Tags become unusable if used once and then topic is deleted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-become-unusable-if-used-once-and-then-topic-is-deleted/48401>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Agosto 9, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-become-unusable-if-used-once-and-then-topic-is-deleted/48401 "2016-08-09T16:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [Agosto 9, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-become-unusable-if-used-once-and-then-topic-is-deleted/48401/3 "2016-08-09T18:09:08Z")

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> [@jamesmarkcook](#):
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> If you create a topic, add tags but then delete that topic before anyone else has used any of the tags, those tags become unusable site wide.

Sounds like a bug. I’ll look at it.

The redis errors don’t seem related to this topic though.

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