diff --git a/Compat/Compat.lua b/Compat/Compat.lua
index 0266a96..badcbff 100644
--- a/Compat/Compat.lua
+++ b/Compat/Compat.lua
@@ -1090,6 +1090,14 @@ local questTagToName = {
     [85] = "Heroic",
 }
 
+-- Reverse lookup (tag name -> tag id), exposed so callers can convert the live
+-- questTag string returned by the game's own GetQuestLogTitle back into the
+-- numeric tag id used throughout Questie.
+QuestieCompat.QuestTagNameToId = {}
+for id, name in pairs(questTagToName) do
+    QuestieCompat.QuestTagNameToId[name] = id
+end
+
 -- Retrieves tag information about the quest.
 -- https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/API_GetQuestTagInfo
 function QuestieCompat.GetQuestTagInfo(questId)
diff --git a/Database/QuestieDB.lua b/Database/QuestieDB.lua
index 44c475c..44ce3b7 100644
--- a/Database/QuestieDB.lua
+++ b/Database/QuestieDB.lua
@@ -999,6 +999,25 @@ end
 ---@param questId number
 ---@return number|nil questType, string|nil questTag
 function QuestieDB.GetQuestTagInfo(questId)
+    -- Prefer the server's own live tag over static data whenever the quest is currently in
+    -- the quest log. Custom servers can reuse a Blizzard quest ID for different content (e.g.
+    -- Ascension's "Bride of the Embalmer" reusing ID 253, which Questie's static QuestTag.lua
+    -- correctly marks as non-group for retail's real quest 253), which the static tables below
+    -- have no way to know about. The live tag is authoritative once available, whether that
+    -- means it HAS a tag the static data misses, or has NO tag the static data wrongly assumes.
+    local cachedQuest = QuestLogCache.questLog_DO_NOT_MODIFY[questId]
+    if cachedQuest then
+        local liveTag = cachedQuest.questTag
+        if liveTag then
+            local liveTagId = QuestieCompat.QuestTagNameToId[liveTag]
+            if liveTagId then
+                return liveTagId, liveTag
+            end
+        else
+            return nil, nil
+        end
+    end
+
     if questTagCorrections[questId] then
         return questTagCorrections[questId][1], questTagCorrections[questId][2]
     end