[BUG] Renaming a field in a cloze note type adds {{cloze:Text}} to the template and browser appearance

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Change the front template of the default cloze note type to this:
    {{#Text}}
{{cloze:Text}}
{{/Text}}

{{^Text}}
{{cloze:Text}}
{{/Text}}
  2. Rename the back extra field to “Back Extras”.

Actual behavior

Observe that {{cloze:Text}} has been appended to the front template and the browser appearance (both question and answer).

Expected behavior

No changes to the template/browser appearance.

Remarks

The browser appearance part is independent of the front template steps. Simply renaming a field, appends {{cloze:Text}} to it.

Also, the front template part seems to require having the clozed field replacement to be inside a conditional field replacement. The example I used demonstrates that Anki isn’t doing any intelligent checking, since the front is equivalent to {{cloze:Text}}.

Debug info

Anki 25.09.2 (3890e12c) (ao)
Python 3.13.5 Qt 6.9.1 PyQt 6.9.1
Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0

===Add-ons (active)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
Advanced Copy Fields ['1898445115', 2024-01-08T20:01, 'v0.4.01', '']
AnkiConnect ['2055492159', 2025-11-09T22:40, 'None', mod]
AnkiWebView Inspector ['31746032', 2023-06-27T22:26, 'None', '']
Disconnected Review-Log Cleaner ['1067771610', 2025-06-10T16:28, 'None', '']
Local Audio Server for Yomichan ['1045800357', 2023-06-19T06:57, 'None', '']
The KING of Button Add-ons ['374005964', 2025-01-28T01:26, 'None', mod]

===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons===
1045800357 1067771610 1898445115 2055492159 31746032 374005964

===Add-ons (inactive)===
(add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed])
No Distractions Full Screen Fixed by Shige ['1370336700', 2024-08-26T08:08, 'None', mod]
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