Tags added from mcp not showing in sidebar/being recognized

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  • Bear Version: Version 2.7 (14142)
  • OS Version: 26.3
  • What were you doing: used mcp to edit some tag structure
  • What feature did you use: tags editing
  • What happened: the tags were created, in the notes correctly, but they dont show when searched or in sidebar
  • What did you expect to happen: them to show in search and in sidebar
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What MCP have you used?

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This one is there others?

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HI there! I am the maintainer of that MCP server. I could not reproduce this, but I’d like to dig deeper anyway.

Here is how I tested it:

OS: 26.3

Bear app: 2.6.7 (I don’t see the 2.7 update in the App store, do you use beta?)

- Test A — bear-create-note with tags (conventions ON): database indexed, sidebar visible                                                                                       
- Test C — bear-add-tag / reporter's path: database indexed, sidebar visible
- Test D — bear-add-text with inline #tag: database indexed, sidebar visible                                                                                                    
- Test E — bear-add-tag to existing parent: database indexed, sidebar visible

Test E specifically targeted your scenario: adding a subtag to a parent that already has children. It also worked.

@trix180 can you please let me know how to get the 2.7 version? Is it a beta one?

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Yes, version 2.7 is currently available via TestFlight

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Test Results with Bear 2.7 from TestFlight

- Test 1 — bear-create-note with tags (conventions ON): database indexed, sidebar visible                                                   
- Test 2 — bear-add-tag on plain note (reporter's path): database indexed, sidebar visible                                                  
- Test 3 — bear-add-text with inline #tag: database indexed, sidebar visible
- Test 4 — bear-add-tag adding sibling to existing parent: database indexed, sidebar visible

@Angel101 can you please try installing the latest version of the extension/mcp from here https://github.com/vasylenko/claude-desktop-extension-bear-notes/releases/tag/v2.7.0 and try using it for a while to see if the problem still persists?

MCP server does not make direct DB writes; all writes go through the Bear’s native x-callback API – X-callback-url Scheme documentation

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yes! I will download the latest version and lyk if it happens again.

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