# 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:** ![tannerabread](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tannerabread/32/526153_2.png) [@tannerabread](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerabread)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-do-numerical-tags-fail-in-the-composer-when-id-exists/407955/5 "2026-07-20T21:56:44Z")

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Thank you for the concrete example. I was able to reproduce the problem and am working on the fix.

I noticed while testing that it would also not create numerical tags when they do not have a corresponding ID either. (e.g. try to make tag `2939858339` would just do nothing and not tag the topic with anything)

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