Platform: Multiple (backend issue I believe) URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316652661 , https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/316869357 Screenshots of what you are seeing: [image] [image] Description of problem: Step …

this isn’t a bug a record will only automatically go to RG if the consensus is at a species level or finer. The rank of complex is coarser than species, so moving an observation to RG requires ticking the box, this is normal behaviour

See this request: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ids-on-species-complex-rank-should-automatically-reach-research-grade/59457 Although it seems similar to this one that was closed: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/make-observations-with-a-species-complex-level-community-id-automatically-become-res…

Species complexes and disagreeing IDs - not always automatically "precise" - #4 by bouteloua - Bug Reports

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Identifying Complex does not allow a disagreement with species within complex Bug Reports	13	828	July 24, 2024
Make observations with a species complex level community ID automatically become Research Grade Feature Requests	4	1145	August 17, 2020
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IDs on species complex rank should automatically reach research grade Feature Requests	79	2051	August 9, 2025