# Tags | Sentry for Python

**Tags** are key/value string pairs that are both indexed and searchable. Tags power features in sentry.io such as filters and tag-distribution maps. Tags also help you quickly both access related events and view the tag distribution for a set of events. Common uses for tags include hostname, platform version, and user language.

We’ll automatically index all tags for an event, as well as the frequency and the last time that Sentry has seen a tag. We also keep track of the number of distinct tags and can assist you in determining hotspots for various issues.

*Tag keys* have a maximum length of 32 characters and can contain only letters (`a-zA-Z`), numbers (`0-9`), underscores (`_`), periods (`.`), colons (`:`), and dashes (`-`).

*Tag values* have a maximum length of 200 characters and they cannot contain the newline (`\n`) character.

Defining tags is easy, and will bind them to the [isolation scope](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/enriching-events/scopes.md) ensuring all future events within scope contain the same tags.

Tags can be set with the `set_tag` function:

```python
import sentry_sdk

sentry_sdk.set_tag("page.locale", "de-at")
```

Alternatively, multiple tags can be set at once with the `set_tags` function:

```python
import sentry_sdk

sentry_sdk.set_tags({"page.locale": "de-at", "page.type": "article"})
```

Some tags are automatically set by Sentry. We strongly recommend against overwriting these [tags](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/search/searchable-properties.md#search-properties). Instead, name your tags with your organization's nomenclature. If you overwrite an automatically set tag, you must use [explicit tag syntax](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/search.md#explicit-tag-syntax) to search for it.

Once you've started sending tagged data, you'll see it when logged in to sentry.io. There, you can view the filters within the sidebar on the Project page, summarized within an event, and on the Tags page for an aggregated event.

[![Tags](https://docs.sentry.io/_next/image/?url=%2Fmdx-images%2Ftags-RBPNPSCW.png%231588x716\&w=3840\&q=75)](https://docs.sentry.io/mdx-images/tags-RBPNPSCW.png)
