When context is defined with negative tag filter it prepends "-<tag name> " to any task description when created within this context.

[saavedra29]

DIAGNOSTICS

task 2.6.1
   Platform: Linux

Compiler
    Version: 9.3.0
       Caps: +stdc +stdc_hosted +LP64 +c8 +i32 +l64 +vp64 +time_t64
 Compliance: C++17

Build Features
      CMake: 3.16.3
    libuuid: libuuid + uuid_unparse_lower
  libgnutls: 3.6.13
 Build type: release

Configuration
       File: /home/aris/.taskrc (found), 1710 bytes, mode 100664
       Data: /home/aris/.task_test2 (found), dir, mode 40755
    Locking: Enabled
         GC: Enabled
  rc.editor: vim
     Server: 
         CA: -
Certificate: -
        Key: -
      Trust: strict
    Ciphers: NORMAL
      Creds: 

Hooks
     System: Enabled
   Location: /home/aris/.task_test2/hooks
             (-none-)

Tests
   Terminal: 170x52
       Dups: Scanned 15 tasks for duplicate UUIDs:
             No duplicates found
 Broken ref: Scanned 15 tasks for broken references:
             No broken references found

1. Define a context like task context define work -others
2. Enter the context: task context work
3. Create new task: task add New sample thing
4. Run task

The output in the Description column should be New sample thing but instead is -others New sample thing

[Craskermasker]

same issue here, has appeared with upgrade to 2.6.1 for me

[Craskermasker]

Found a solution for this - remove negative tag filters from the "write" config setting with:

task config context.{contextname}.write {only positive tag filters}

before:

task config context.work.write +work or task config context.work.write

after:

fixes the odd behaviour.

I presume this new behaviour will be eventually clarified in the documentation as well as with the little update message, but it could be more clear now.