# 'Watching First Post' on a Tag does not work dependably
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [June 23, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681 "2022-06-23T04:52:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@zjpcyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zjpcyo)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/1 "2022-06-23T04:52:36Z")
> [@How to Be Notified of New Releases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-be-notified-of-new-releases/230675/1):
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> I’ve come to #Support to give a heads-up that I subscribed to #release-notes at the Watching First Post notification level months ago. But I only got my first notification from Discourse today. I’ve missed many notifications I should have received.
I think it is important to keep the original issue in mind. Watching First Post is a released feature that should work for tags.
I don’t have reproduction steps. But maybe a moderator can split this discussion to better keep track of the bug portion of it.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/2 "2022-06-23T11:42:49Z")
I don’t think there’s sufficient evidence here to suggest that it _isn’t_ working.
One of the team could check in your specific case as to whether email was sent to your account, as it stands though you’re the only person reporting a problem.
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### Author:  [@abrain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abrain)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/3 "2022-06-29T12:36:55Z")
Thanks for posting, this happened to me as well.
I am watching the release-notes tag (not just the first post) for quite some time. And the 2.8.5 Security Release was the first and only one I got notified about.
It does not seem like an email issue to me, because my notifications here on the site also only show the 2.8.5 release post.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/4 "2022-07-01T12:29:20Z")
I’ve been keeping an eye on this to see if it happened again, and it appears you didn’t receive a notification from the latest [2.9.0.beta6: Whisper Improvements, Loading Splash Screen, Security Fix, and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta6-whisper-improvements-loading-splash-screen-security-fix-and-more/231585) #release-notes topic. I am going to split this out into a #Contribute > Bug topic as you suggested. 👍
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### Author:  [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/19 "2022-07-26T16:42:44Z")
The tag notification was not created if the topic was created from a shared draft. I fixed the issue in this PR:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/17576](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/17576)
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### Author:  [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watching-first-post-on-a-tag-does-not-work-dependably/231681/20 "2022-07-30T05:00:46Z")
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