# Observations stuck at Needs ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 10, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476 "2021-08-10T13:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/1 "2021-08-10T13:41:00Z")
I have two observations where despite 3 ids system says you need two ids to get RG, one of them had a GBIF tab, but it disappeared: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34807503](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34807503) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20286642](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20286642) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/0/b050cd35ba51efa5da4515e2350485c1ff55281a.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/7/f7f0b0b518234844c6f7dee14c8d2100951cde62.png) ---
**Author:** ![lawnranger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lawnranger/32/34961_2.png) [@lawnranger](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lawnranger)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/2 "2021-08-10T14:15:36Z")
I nudged the first observation with an id (now removed), that seemed to fix it. I though the taxon might have had a taxon change but none are listed, perhaps the genus (or higher) was re-grafted at some point? Interestingly the identification Algorithm Summary doesn’t even show for the second observation, it’s as if the identifications don’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/3 "2021-08-10T14:37:28Z")
Definitely some kind of error in the taxonomy because they didn’t have any community ID. ---
**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/4 "2021-08-10T16:31:04Z")
Sounds like this bug: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-doesnt-exist-even-though-there-is-more-than-1-id-rumina-decollata/19220](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/community-taxon-doesnt-exist-even-though-there-is-more-than-1-id-rumina-decollata/19220) ---
**Author:** ![amzamz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@amzamz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/amzamz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/5 "2021-08-11T08:47:20Z")
as a remedy, I often go to data quality assessment and use the button “No, it’s as good as it can be” which mostly solves the issue. ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-stuck-at-needs-id/25476/6 "2021-08-11T11:46:48Z")
Well, I did it, it’s shown in the screenshot, it’s not the case here, it’s the same as topic where new id solves it, but I wanted it to be investigated, not just have a new id.