The bases filter tags cannot filter out data

Steps to reproduce

bases - filter - filter criteria “file.tags == [“tags”]”

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes

Expected result

can see the filter results

Actual result

empty like this

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.12.4
Installer version: 1.12.4
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0: Wed Jan 28 20:53:15 PST 2026; root:xnu-12377.81.4~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 25.3.0
Login status: not logged in
Language: zh
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 3
Plugins enabled: 3
1: Image Converter v1.4.1
2: File Cleaner Redux v1.13.4
3: Tag Wrangler v0.6.4

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Workaround

Try this filter, with a #:

file.tags == ["#tags"]

Issue

file.tags.contains seems to work with or without #.

file.tags == seems to require the #. But when you use the interface (“file tags” “is exactly”), selecting the tag from the suggester doesn’t add the required “#”. You have to use the advanced filter to type it in.

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Thanks!

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