Hi Tory,

I use the same version emacs and orgmode version as you, and I have 
similar needs as you: filtering org-agenda by tags, etc.

I will share my whole section of org-agenda-custom-commands as it is, I 
hope you can followup it nicely. Find it attached in file: 
agenda-filters.org

Cheers,
Pedro

On 5/25/24 21:26, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> webdev@toryanderson.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes:
>
>> After years without issue where I could choose, for example, to see my
>> daily work agenda, the filters are now failing to be applied. This is
>> in org 9.6.15, as shipped with my emacs 29.3. I have verified that
>> this problem is the same in =emacs -Q= without any other packages:
>> when I choose my agenda view, such as "C-a w d" for my daily work
>> agenda, I still get an agenda buffer named "Org_Agenda(wd)", but none
>> of my preset filters have applied. I skimmed the documentation and I
>> haven't seen any changed syntax. Here is my definition from my
>> =use-package org= =:custom= section:
>>
>> #+begin_src lisp
>>        (org-agenda-custom-commands
>> 	    '(("w" . "Work")
>> 	      ("wd" "Work Day"
>> 	       ((agenda ""
>> 			((org-agenda-span 1)
>> 			 (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil)
>> 			 (org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset
>> 			  '("+ODH\\|AGENDA\\|CONFERENCE" "-TSA\\|PRIESTHOOD")))))
>> 	       nil)))
>> #+end_src
> According to the docstring of `org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset',
>
>      ...The preset filter is a global property of
>      the entire agenda view.  In a block agenda, it will not work reliably to
>      define a filter for one of the individual blocks.  You need to set it in
>      the global options and expect it to be applied to the entire view.
>
> So, you should set this variable as a part of global agenda command
> settings, not inside individual block.
>
> Not a bug.
> Canceled.
>
>> Why has this stopped applying my filter when it worked for so long? Is
>> it a bug, or do I need to change something to make it up-to-date?
> I have no idea because you did not tell which Org mode version had your
> settings working. I suspect that it could have happened around the time
> Org mode switched from dynamic binding to lexical binding, but it is
> just a blind guess.
>