# Cannot add annotation to observation

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-add-annotation-to-observation/40217>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-add-annotation-to-observation/40217 "2023-03-20T04:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-add-annotation-to-observation/40217/2 "2023-03-20T05:00:17Z")

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the observation just needs to be updated to trigger a reindex, i think. i did a thumbs up on the wild DQA on the observation in your screenshot above, and now you can see the annotation that you added previously.

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