# Unable to create new tags in tag group editor

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** tags
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324 "2026-02-05T21:31:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![NcM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@NcM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NcM)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324/1 "2026-02-05T21:31:44Z")

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We have encountered an issue with trying to create new tags within the tag group manager.

Our work-around is first creating the tag outside of the tag groups and then adding it in, but shouldn’t we be able to create a tag right in the tag group editor?

When trying to create a `v25_2_12` tag within one of our tag groups, I can see it shows in the ‘Tags in this group’ view, but attempts to save the changes doesn’t include the new tag in the JSON body, but I see every previously selected tag defined.

```json
{
    "success": "OK",
    "tag_group": {
        "id": 14,
        "name": "SD Partner Feature Highlights",
        "tags": [
            {
                "id": 211,
                "name": "v25_2_10",
                "slug": "v25-2-10"
            },
            {
                "id": 212,
                "name": "v25_2_11",
                "slug": "v25-2-11"
            },
            {
                "id": 204,
                "name": "v25_2_3",
                "slug": "v25-2-3"
            },
            {
                "id": 205,
                "name": "v25_2_4",
                "slug": "v25-2-4"
            },
            {
                "id": 206,
                "name": "v25_2_5",
                "slug": "v25-2-5"
            },
            {
                "id": 207,
                "name": "v25_2_6",
                "slug": "v25-2-6"
            },
            {
                "id": 208,
                "name": "v25_2_7",
                "slug": "v25-2-7"
            },
            {
                "id": 209,
                "name": "v25_2_8",
                "slug": "v25-2-8"
            },
            {
                "id": 210,
                "name": "v25_2_9",
                "slug": "v25-2-9"
            }
        ],
        "parent_tag": [],
        "one_per_topic": false,
        "permissions": {
            "0": 3
        }
    }
}

```

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324/2 "2026-02-05T21:43:22Z")

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I can reproduce, so I moved this to #Contribute > Bug.

I think, as a workaround, you could create the tag on the /tags page and add it to the tag group afterward.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324/3 "2026-02-05T22:33:46Z")

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We are on it, should have it sorted very soon!

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324/4 "2026-02-11T09:20:44Z")

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@NcM this has been fixed by

> **[FIX: allow new tags to be created from the Tag Group editor (#37594) ·...](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8750ae2e18)**
>
> What is the problem?
> 
> When creating or editing a tag group, users can type new tag names into
> the \`TagChooser\` (which has \`allowAny=true\`). The select-kit component
> assigns a string-based ID to the...