# Why do numerical tags fail in the composer when ID exists

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-numerical-tags-fail-in-the-composer-when-id-exists/407955>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** tags, fixed\
**Created:** [July 18, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-numerical-tags-fail-in-the-composer-when-id-exists/407955 "2026-07-18T17:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-numerical-tags-fail-in-the-composer-when-id-exists/407955/4 "2026-07-19T18:25:24Z")

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> [@tannerabread](#):
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> Where are you trying to use or access the tag?

Normally when creating a topic and adding tags. Or should I just say when adding a tag.

Real world example.

When writing a topic I tried create tag `2013`. But I got `sahara` because it is `/tag/sahara/2013`.

And before asked 😏 yes, same happens with [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true).

So,

> [@tannerabread](#):
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> Numeric tags should be supported

That’s true and that was the situation earlier, not too long time ago.

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