[Bug] Adding Image Tag where as second Tag that starts like the new one already exists

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Latest server, latest Plex Web (app.plex.tv):

I’m using manual tags for photos. Consider a tag that already exists like that one:

Müller-Maier, Pat

Now I want to add a second tag, like that one:

Müller-Maier, Rose

It’s not possible. After adding Müller-Maier from the new tag it sets that fragment as a new tag when reaching the ‘,’ - during typing. I even tried Copy&Paste. That didn’t work neither.

I’m experiencing this behaviour since I started tagging photos. But it’s getting annoying as soon you have already tagged a lot of photos. There’s always a tag that starts like an existing one.

Thanks for listening.

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Plex doesn’t allow comas in a tag. Not sure how you managed to get Müller-Maier, Pat in there.

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I just entered them. I do have hundreth of tags (usually names) entered manually. If commas are not allowed, Why can I enter them?

Where can I read about allowed characters in tags?

It took me months to tag all our photos. And all is wrong now?

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Luckily it took me 1 minute to take a backup of the Plex SQLite DB and change the tags table to comma-less values.

Puh.

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“comas” are not technically illegal, but when using the Web interface, if you press the coma key, that stops the entry of text. I have no idea how you managed to include comas unless you did it directly in the database.

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No, definetely manually. Tried with the latest Web on my server. Could enter “ABC, DEF” in the tag entryfield for a photo. Now close that photo and reopen it. Now try to enter “ABC, GHI”. This won’t work.

The first tag for a photo can have a comma in the entryfield. Please refuse that because it leads to problems at a later time.

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Huh. I wonder if the coma behavior is browser/OS dependent. I can’t enter a coma in Chrome on Windows.

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Chrome on Android here. Plex Web 4.30.2 on my local Linux server 1.19.4.2935.

As another test I took Plex Web 4.37.2 from app.plex.tv. Here it worked too with my Chrome Browser.

Later, when at home, I will check that with a PC.

EDIT: Confirmed, Chrome on my PC refuses to add a comma to a tag. The Chrome browser on my Android tablet allows to add a comma. Both Chrome browsers are up-to-date. As I usually do this kind of stuff when I’m bored in a hotel room I was using Chrome on my tablet when adding tags to photos.

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I was finally able to reproduce the issue. I’ve brought it up with the team. We’ll see what happens. I’m told comas should be allowed.