# Tasks show in multiple buckets after using filter **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [19 February 2025 21:36 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417 "2025-02-19T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kjgcoop/32/625_2.png) [@kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kjgcoop)\ **Post date:** [19 February 2025 21:36 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/1 "2025-02-19T21:36:10Z")
A while ago I used a filter on a board, and each task that matched showed up in every column. For example, in Column 1 I had Task A1 and Task B1 then in Column 2 I had Task A2 and Task B2. I filtered for Task A, and both relevant tasks appeared in both columns. Then they never went away. I removed the filter, logged out and logged in, tried it in a private window, restarted the container, everything I could think of, but now I forever have duplicate tasks in each column. This happens in all the devices/browsers I’ve tried it in. They’re the same task - they have the same task number. If I delete one, all the ones with that ID go away go away, regardless of column. ![vikuja_dupes_cropped_circles](https://community.vikunja.io/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9932a21298854037c1f698b20dee27184db3dcd4.jpeg) I haven’t been able to reproduce this in Try. The filter use that started this whole thing was a while ago (a few months?), so it’s possible that the bug that made it happen has since been closed, but for whatever reason, the consequences remain. Perhaps a clue: only the real one shows labels. So if something is really in the second column, it will show its tags in that column, but not when it appears in column 1 or 3. I’m thinking of spinning up a new container, exporting from the current one, then importing into the new container to see if the behavior follows me. Has anybody else seen anything like this? Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2025 16:39 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/2 "2025-02-21T16:39:46Z")
I think that has been reported elsewhere already. Can you reproduce this with an unstable build? ---
**Author:** ![kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kjgcoop/32/625_2.png) [@kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kjgcoop)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2025 17:22 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/3 "2025-02-21T17:22:37Z")
Yeah, I’m running unstable (in more ways than one 😆). I think ran a docker pull yesterday, so it should be pretty close to the most recent version. ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2025 17:24 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/4 "2025-02-21T17:24:21Z")
Does it only happen with that specific filter? Or with other ones as well? Does it happen when you create a new filter with the same query? ---
**Author:** ![kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kjgcoop/32/625_2.png) [@kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kjgcoop)\ **Post date:** [21 February 2025 17:30 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/5 "2025-02-21T17:30:59Z")
It wasn’t a saved filter, I set it up on an individual project/board. I just now created a new board and ran a filter on it but I wasn’t able to reproduce it. ---
**Author:** ![kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kjgcoop/32/625_2.png) [@kjgcoop](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kjgcoop)\ **Post date:** [9 April 2025 16:49 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/6 "2025-04-09T16:49:30Z")
I’m importing the contents of my unstable instance of Vikunja into a stable version by writing an script to hit each API (the import/export fmethod not working). In this one, the tasks are repeated again but they each have a distinct task number; I’m wondering if their appearance after using the filter is coincidental. ![vikunja_stable_dupe_tasks](https://community.vikunja.io/uploads/default/original/2X/3/34cee37a1d324fb2594d81469af527c588e1b1dd.png) I don’t know if you’d decided against pursuing this, in which case sorry for bugging you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/user_avatar/community.vikunja.io/kolaente/32/5_2.png) [@kolaente](https://community.vikunja.io/u/kolaente)\ **Post date:** [9 April 2025 17:01 UTC](https://community.vikunja.io/t/tasks-show-in-multiple-buckets-after-using-filter/3417/7 "2025-04-09T17:01:31Z")
Huh that’s interesting. Can you verify in the db if the tasks are distinct tasks created or if the number is just wrong?