Tagging HEAD does not show on Bitbucket Server "commits" view, is this a known bug?

[Mohamed]

We have Bitbucket Server v5.8.1 hosting a very large repo. When a tag is created on a `HEAD` from outside of Bitbucket (e.g., git bash), we don't see the tag showing in the log in Bitbucket, but we see it in git log, and I confirmed tags exist in .git/packed-refs.

Also, I created a test repo for this issue, and I observe the same behavior as the large repo. But when I create a tag from Bitbucket, it is visible in the browser view. Then a strange thing happened! I refreshed the page several times then the other tags showed up.

Am I missing some configuration setting? Is this a known bug?

Thanks.

[Julius Davies [bit-booster.com]]

Can you try installing our free Commit Graph add-on?  Then click on the "All Branches Graph" feature for the repos where this issue is happening.

Is "All Branches Graph" able to show the tag where the "Commits Screen" is not? 

[Mohamed]

Hey, thank you for your answer. I just tried that plugin, and indeed the tags showed up. Do you have any pointers on why?

[Julius Davies [bit-booster.com]]

You should open a support ticket with Atlassian.  I've seen this once before with one of my customers.  Seems to be a very rare bug.

Also, try to upgrade Bitbucket to its latest version if you can, to see if that resolves things.

The tags reported by "Commit Graph" come straight from the raw git repo (that Bitbucket maintains on your server's disk under $BITBUCKET_HOME/shared/data/repositories/) through a "git log --decorate" command, whereas I suspect tags in the Bitbucket Web UI come from a caching layer that might be misbehaving in your instance.