Platform: Web URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318281393 , https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318298896 , https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318300698 , https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318301637 Screenshots o…

This is a deliberate change introduced yesterday [image] An observation is showing Research Grade, but it is not apparently supported by two IDs We’ve updated the algorithm so that an observation will no longer be Research Grade if the observation taxon and the community taxon do not match.

Observations not becoming "Research Grade" properly. Issue with Subspecific vs. Specific ID

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DianaStuder October 3, 2025, 6:43am 2

This is a deliberate change introduced yesterday

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Topic		Replies	Views
Observation left at needs ID even with 2/3rds agreement on species level ID because of initial subspecies ID General	11	270	January 16, 2026
Agreeing only with the nominal species is making a subspecific identification research grade Bug Reports	12	1179	October 4, 2025
An observation is showing Research Grade, but it is not apparently supported by two IDs Bug Reports web	25	1206	October 4, 2025
Subspecies at RG with just one ID Bug Reports	6	1560	October 28, 2019
Needs ID at subspecies General	2	155	October 9, 2025

Observations not becoming "Research Grade" properly. Issue with Subspecific vs. Specific ID

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