# Webhook not accepting private tags
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** webhooks, tags
**Created:** [February 19, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521 "2026-02-19T16:31:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521/1 "2026-02-19T16:31:49Z")
Are webhook tag triggers able to utilize a hidden tag? I know this bug existed with automations (and was fixed), but I’m running into a similar problem while modifying the trigger of a webhook.
It worked fine when I used a public tag, but now that I’m selecting a tag only visible to specific groups, it isn’t being saved. It populates in the available fields, but upon revisiting the field will be empty.
To repeat:
1. Create a webhook
2. Set a private tag as a trigger tag and save
3. Edit the webhook
4. The trigger tag field is empty
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### Author:  [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521/2 "2026-02-19T21:54:05Z")
Not sure what’s going on. I _was_ able to create a new webhook with a non-private tag, but when I create another new one with a public tag (that anyone could use), it’s bugging out again:
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521/4 "2026-02-20T00:48:03Z")
Thanks for the report. We’ll have a look!
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521/5 "2026-02-23T03:16:46Z")
This is now fixed here and was deployed to your site:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37942](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37942)
:blob-wave-reverse:
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-not-accepting-private-tags/396521/6 "2026-02-28T00:00:02Z")
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