Platform (Android, iOS, Website): all Browser, if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : all URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations Searches using the Descriptions/Tags field in the Filter options in Explore will not penetrate/sc…

I don’t think this is a bug as the functionality is working as intended. Tags and descriptions are different than observation fields and are treated as such. Users can search observation fields using these instructions: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-2…

unconscionably poor development choice on iNat’s part, imo. I don’t know if you actually looked at your own link, but the part that matters: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-2-of-2/18792 only describes functionality allowing a) the finding of observati…

[image] kallampero: while they are this deliberately crippled by the people running the site. IMO you won’t win much favor this way. I sincerely doubt the people running this site deliberately cripple it. Like shooting yourself in your own foot ?

Descriptions/Tags queries do not search Observation Fields

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Search all fields (search within observation fields) Feature Requests search , observation-field	9	334	April 4, 2025
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Descriptions/Tags queries do not search Observation Fields

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