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title: "Why cannot I manually start jobs on tags?"
date: "2025-05-08T09:19:06+00:00"
summary: "Discover why manually starting jobs on tags isn't possible and learn the correct method for initiating jobs on branches."
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url: "/acquia-cloud-platform/help/68961-why-cannot-i-manually-start-jobs-tags"
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Manually starting jobs only works with branches. Tags are not supported. To manually start a job, ensure that you do it from a branch instead.