Tags Not Being Applied in iOS Shortcuts “Create Entry” Action
-
I want to create entries using iOS Shortcuts.
In the Create Entry action, when I tap Tags, I’m able to select a variable. However, after selecting the variable, it is added briefly and then immediately removed.
When I run the shortcut, the tags are not applied to the created entry.What’s strange is that when I added tags using an iPad, they were applied correctly. However, when I tried the same thing on an iPhone, the issue described above occurred.
I confirmed that the iPhone is running the latest version, but I haven’t been able to check the iPad’s version yet.I’d like to know whether this is something I’m doing incorrectly or if it’s a bug.
For reference, the item I tried to add to Tags was the result of splitting a text by new lines.
I also confirmed that even plain text cannot be added to the Tags field. -
It’d be great to get diagnostics from all devices where you are seeing this issue, and also get a screen recording demonstrating the issue.
Would you follow the guide here to submit diagnostics and screen recording? https://dayoneapp.com/guides/troubleshooting/day-one-diagnostics/
Please add #10756641 as the reference in the title.
We’ll be on the lookout. Thanks!
-
@peanuthardd3c02cc48c Thanks for sending the video and diagnostics.
We have seen the same behavior on iPhone, the Tags field clears itself and the tags do not get applied.
Our engineers have traced this to how iOS Shortcuts shows that Tags field, and it appears to be an iOS issue that we have reported to Apple. For now, there is not a reliable fix we can apply on our side. We’ll need to wait for an iOS update that addresses the issue.
If you need a workaround in the meantime, the best option is to create the entry from the shortcut without tags, then add tags in Day One afterward. If tagging from an iPad works for you, that can also be a temporary workaround.
-
Bumping this! This is super important to me since I use Day One a lot for quick capture. I love being able to send an entry on the fly with a Shortcut, but I also use tags constantly so I can actually find and filter those entries later. Not being able to apply tags through the Shortcut kind of defeats the purpose of quick capture for me, since I then have to go back into Day One and manually tag everything. Would really love to see this fixed!
-
I had the same problem and reported it on this forum several months ago.
The response was similar: “It’s an Apple issue.”
Well, it seems that with iOS 27 the problem disappeared, and now it works fine. -
I think my use case is a little different. My shortcut is basically a quick-capture system: I dictate/type something, it gets temporarily saved as a Reminder, and then an automation sends that Reminder text to Day One as an entry.
So I’m not trying to add something directly to the Tags field in the Shortcuts action. If my Reminder says “Testing #joke,” Day One imports that exact text and #joke is even clickable, but it doesn’t actually apply “joke” as a tag to the entry. I have “Create Tags from Hashtags” enabled too.
Is there any way to have hashtags in text imported through a Shortcut actually become tags?
-
Okay, apologies for the misunderstanding.
I honestly don’t know how what you’re mentioning could be done, but I suspect it actually isn’t possible.
Day One Forums 