# BUG: Rule Filter incorrectly prevents Rule from firing

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/bug-rule-filter-incorrectly-prevents-rule-from-firing/4891>\
**Category:** Bugs & Issues\
**Tags:** automations\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/bug-rule-filter-incorrectly-prevents-rule-from-firing/4891 "2023-08-02T15:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/bug-rule-filter-incorrectly-prevents-rule-from-firing/4891/1 "2023-08-02T15:01:00Z")

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When I add this filter to the “When entity created” Rule, the Rule does not fire when new entities are created:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/9/9030ceaed41a7d23532ae25d04af58542908e291.png)

“Rules” is a simple Text field. I am manually creating a new “Page” entity with an EMPTY Rules field, via a Table view (so the Rules field clearly DOES NOT CONTAIN the string `"[CLONED]"`).

**And yet this Rule is never triggered.** 😕

If I remove the Filter, then the Rule IS triggered upon entity creation.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/bug-rule-filter-incorrectly-prevents-rule-from-firing/4891/2 "2023-08-03T08:46:07Z")

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Yes, there is a bug that ‘does not contain’ will not give the right result for an empty text field.  
Until we have a fix, you can add OR ‘is empty’ filter.