diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.hbs
index 644fb57316e..95fb8b2d5d4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.hbs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <Sidebar::SectionLink
         @route={{sectionLink.route}}
         @content={{sectionLink.text}}
+        @title={{sectionLink.title}}
         @currentWhen={{sectionLink.currentWhen}}
         @prefixType={{sectionLink.prefixType}}
         @prefixValue={{sectionLink.prefixValue}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.js
index 2b5f6e8da5d..e08538fa01b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/anonymous/tags-section.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { cached } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import { inject as service } from "@ember/service";
 
-import SidebarCommonTagsSection from "discourse/components/sidebar/common/tags-section";
 import TagSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/tag-section-link";
 
-export default class SidebarAnonymousTagsSection extends SidebarCommonTagsSection {
+export default class SidebarAnonymousTagsSection extends Component {
   @service router;
   @service topicTrackingState;
   @service site;
@@ -12,17 +12,18 @@ export default class SidebarAnonymousTagsSection extends SidebarCommonTagsSectio
   get displaySection() {
     return (
       this.site.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags?.length > 0 ||
-      this.topSiteTags?.length > 0
+      this.site.navigation_menu_site_top_tags?.length > 0
     );
   }
 
   @cached
   get sectionLinks() {
     return (
-      this.site.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags || this.topSiteTags
-    ).map((tagName) => {
+      this.site.anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags ||
+      this.site.navigation_menu_site_top_tags
+    ).map((tag) => {
       return new TagSectionLink({
-        tagName,
+        tag,
         topicTrackingState: this.topicTrackingState,
       });
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/common/tags-section.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/common/tags-section.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 700808ccbba..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/common/tags-section.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import Component from "@glimmer/component";
-import { inject as service } from "@ember/service";
-
-export const TOP_SITE_TAGS_TO_SHOW = 5;
-
-export default class SidebarCommonTagsSection extends Component {
-  @service site;
-
-  topSiteTags = [];
-
-  constructor() {
-    super(...arguments);
-
-    if (this.site.top_tags?.length > 0) {
-      this.site.top_tags.splice(0, TOP_SITE_TAGS_TO_SHOW).forEach((tagName) => {
-        this.topSiteTags.push(tagName);
-      });
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/user/tags-section.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/user/tags-section.js
index f6cedc53594..3a52c2cb576 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/user/tags-section.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/user/tags-section.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { action } from "@ember/object";
 import { cached } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import { inject as service } from "@ember/service";
 
-import SidebarCommonTagsSection from "discourse/components/sidebar/common/tags-section";
 import TagSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/tag-section-link";
 import PMTagSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/pm-tag-section-link";
 import { hasDefaultSidebarTags } from "discourse/lib/sidebar/helpers";
 import SidebarEditNavigationMenuTagsModal from "discourse/components/sidebar/edit-navigation-menu/tags-modal";
 
-export default class SidebarUserTagsSection extends SidebarCommonTagsSection {
+export default class SidebarUserTagsSection extends Component {
   @service currentUser;
   @service modal;
   @service pmTopicTrackingState;
   @service router;
+  @service site;
   @service siteSettings;
   @service topicTrackingState;
 
@@ -41,26 +42,21 @@ export default class SidebarUserTagsSection extends SidebarCommonTagsSection {
     if (this.currentUser.sidebarTags.length > 0) {
       tags = this.currentUser.sidebarTags;
     } else {
-      tags = this.topSiteTags.map((tagName) => {
-        return {
-          name: tagName,
-          pm_only: false,
-        };
-      });
+      tags = this.site.navigation_menu_site_top_tags || [];
     }
 
     for (const tag of tags) {
       if (tag.pm_only) {
         links.push(
           new PMTagSectionLink({
-            tagName: tag.name,
+            tag,
             currentUser: this.currentUser,
           })
         );
       } else {
         links.push(
           new TagSectionLink({
-            tagName: tag.name,
+            tag,
             topicTrackingState: this.topicTrackingState,
             currentUser: this.currentUser,
           })
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/base-tag-section-link.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/base-tag-section-link.js
index 2c2c9967478..4f8cac18897 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/base-tag-section-link.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/user/tags-section/base-tag-section-link.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { escape } from "pretty-text/sanitizer";
+
 let customTagSectionLinkPrefixIcons = {};
 
 export function registerCustomTagSectionLinkPrefixIcon({
@@ -20,8 +22,9 @@ export function resetCustomTagSectionLinkPrefixIcons() {
 }
 
 export default class BaseTagSectionLink {
-  constructor({ tagName, currentUser }) {
-    this.tagName = tagName;
+  constructor({ tag, currentUser }) {
+    this.tag = tag;
+    this.tagName = tag.name;
     this.currentUser = currentUser;
   }
 
@@ -33,6 +36,10 @@ export default class BaseTagSectionLink {
     return this.tagName;
   }
 
+  get title() {
+    return escape(this.tag.description);
+  }
+
   get prefixType() {
     return "icon";
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-user-tags-section-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-user-tags-section-test.js
index 80193b5ca06..d441ca48968 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-user-tags-section-test.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-user-tags-section-test.js
@@ -7,35 +7,11 @@ import {
   exists,
   publishToMessageBus,
   query,
-  queryAll,
   updateCurrentUser,
 } from "discourse/tests/helpers/qunit-helpers";
 import discoveryFixture from "discourse/tests/fixtures/discovery-fixtures";
 import { cloneJSON } from "discourse-common/lib/object";
 import { NotificationLevels } from "discourse/lib/notification-levels";
-import Site from "discourse/models/site";
-import { TOP_SITE_TAGS_TO_SHOW } from "discourse/components/sidebar/common/tags-section";
-
-acceptance(
-  "Sidebar - Logged on user - Tags section - tagging disabled",
-  function (needs) {
-    needs.settings({
-      tagging_enabled: false,
-      navigation_menu: "sidebar",
-    });
-
-    needs.user();
-
-    test("tags section is not shown", async function (assert) {
-      await visit("/");
-
-      assert.ok(
-        !exists(".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags']"),
-        "does not display the tags section"
-      );
-    });
-  }
-);
 
 acceptance("Sidebar - Logged on user - Tags section", function (needs) {
   needs.settings({
@@ -93,72 +69,6 @@ acceptance("Sidebar - Logged on user - Tags section", function (needs) {
     });
   });
 
-  test("section is not displayed when display_sidebar_tags property is false", async function (assert) {
-    updateCurrentUser({ display_sidebar_tags: false });
-
-    await visit("/");
-
-    assert.notOk(
-      exists(".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags']"),
-      "tags section is not displayed"
-    );
-  });
-
-  test("tags section is displayed with site's top tags when user has not added any tags and there are no default tags configured", async function (assert) {
-    updateCurrentUser({
-      sidebar_tags: [],
-    });
-
-    Site.current().top_tags = [
-      "test1",
-      "test2",
-      "test3",
-      "test4",
-      "test5",
-      "test6",
-    ];
-
-    await visit("/");
-
-    assert.ok(
-      exists(".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags']"),
-      "tags section is displayed"
-    );
-
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      count(
-        ".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags'] .sidebar-section-link-wrapper[data-tag-name]"
-      ),
-      TOP_SITE_TAGS_TO_SHOW,
-      "right number of tag section links are displayed"
-    );
-
-    ["test1", "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5"].forEach((tagName) => {
-      assert.ok(
-        exists(`.sidebar-section-link-wrapper[data-tag-name=${tagName}]`),
-        `${tagName} tag section link is displayed`
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  test("tag section links are sorted alphabetically by tag's name", async function (assert) {
-    await visit("/");
-
-    const tagSectionLinks = queryAll(
-      ".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags'] .sidebar-section-link:not(.sidebar-section-link[data-link-name='all-tags'])"
-    );
-
-    const tagNames = [...tagSectionLinks].map((tagSectionLink) =>
-      tagSectionLink.textContent.trim()
-    );
-
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      tagNames,
-      ["tag1", "tag2", "tag3", "tag4"],
-      "tag section links are displayed in the right order"
-    );
-  });
-
   test("tag section links for user", async function (assert) {
     await visit("/");
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/concerns/navigation_menu_tags_mixin.rb b/app/serializers/concerns/navigation_menu_tags_mixin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55adb1be0ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/concerns/navigation_menu_tags_mixin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module NavigationMenuTagsMixin
+  def serialize_tags(tags)
+    topic_count_column = Tag.topic_count_column(scope)
+
+    tags
+      .select(:name, topic_count_column, :pm_topic_count, :description)
+      .order(topic_count_column => :desc)
+      .map { |tag| SidebarTagSerializer.new(tag, scope: scope, root: false).as_json }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/concerns/user_sidebar_mixin.rb b/app/serializers/concerns/user_sidebar_mixin.rb
index a606de5ff59..bfeddacee46 100644
--- a/app/serializers/concerns/user_sidebar_mixin.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/concerns/user_sidebar_mixin.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module UserSidebarMixin
-  def sidebar_tags
-    topic_count_column = Tag.topic_count_column(scope)
+  include NavigationMenuTagsMixin
 
-    object
-      .visible_sidebar_tags(scope)
-      .pluck(:name, topic_count_column, :pm_topic_count)
-      .reduce([]) do |tags, sidebar_tag|
-        tags.push(name: sidebar_tag[0], pm_only: sidebar_tag[1] == 0 && sidebar_tag[2] > 0)
-      end
+  def sidebar_tags
+    serialize_tags(object.visible_sidebar_tags(scope))
   end
 
   def display_sidebar_tags
diff --git a/app/serializers/sidebar_tag_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/sidebar_tag_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7433950c423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/sidebar_tag_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class SidebarTagSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  attributes :name, :description, :pm_only
+
+  def pm_only
+    topic_count_column = Tag.topic_count_column(scope)
+    object.public_send(topic_count_column) == 0 && object.pm_topic_count > 0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/site_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/site_serializer.rb
index 394e087298c..ee8b027ebc9 100644
--- a/app/serializers/site_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/site_serializer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class SiteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  include NavigationMenuTagsMixin
+
   attributes(
     :default_archetype,
     :notification_types,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ class SiteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     :can_tag_pms,
     :tags_filter_regexp,
     :top_tags,
+    :navigation_menu_site_top_tags,
     :can_associate_groups,
     :wizard_required,
     :topic_featured_link_allowed_category_ids,
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ class SiteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   end
 
   def top_tags
-    Tag.top_tags(guardian: scope)
+    @top_tags ||= Tag.top_tags(guardian: scope)
   end
 
   def wizard_required
@@ -250,9 +253,33 @@ class SiteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     About.displayed_plugin_stat_groups
   end
 
+  SIDEBAR_TOP_TAGS_TO_SHOW = 5
+
+  def navigation_menu_site_top_tags
+    if top_tags.present?
+      tag_names = top_tags[0...SIDEBAR_TOP_TAGS_TO_SHOW]
+      serialized = serialize_tags(Tag.where(name: tag_names))
+
+      # Ensures order of top tags is preserved
+      serialized.sort_by { |tag| tag_names.index(tag[:name]) }
+    else
+      []
+    end
+  end
+
+  def include_navigation_menu_site_top_tags?
+    !SiteSetting.legacy_navigation_menu? && SiteSetting.tagging_enabled
+  end
+
   def anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags
     @anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags ||=
-      SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags.split("|") - DiscourseTagging.hidden_tag_names(scope)
+      begin
+        tag_names =
+          SiteSetting.default_navigation_menu_tags.split("|") -
+            DiscourseTagging.hidden_tag_names(scope)
+
+        serialize_tags(Tag.where(name: tag_names))
+      end
   end
 
   def include_anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags?
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/schemas/json/site_response.json b/spec/requests/api/schemas/json/site_response.json
index fc1a3af5cba..29194ce1c97 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/schemas/json/site_response.json
+++ b/spec/requests/api/schemas/json/site_response.json
@@ -800,6 +800,9 @@
     },
     "denied_emojis" : {
       "type": "array"
+    },
+    "navigation_menu_site_top_tags": {
+      "type": "array"
     }
   },
   "required": [
diff --git a/spec/serializers/site_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/site_serializer_spec.rb
index c1337e8a74f..54a1a035c43 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/site_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/site_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@ RSpec.describe SiteSerializer do
 
   describe "#anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags" do
     fab!(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
-    fab!(:tag) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "dev") }
+    fab!(:tag) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "dev", description: "some description") }
     fab!(:tag2) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "random") }
     fab!(:hidden_tag) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "secret") }
+
     fab!(:staff_tag_group) do
       Fabricate(:tag_group, permissions: { "staff" => 1 }, tag_names: [hidden_tag.name])
     end
@@ -177,7 +178,13 @@ RSpec.describe SiteSerializer do
 
     it "includes only tags user can see in the serialised object when user is anonymous" do
       serialized = described_class.new(Site.new(guardian), scope: guardian, root: false).as_json
-      expect(serialized[:anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags]).to eq(%w[dev random])
+
+      expect(serialized[:anonymous_default_navigation_menu_tags]).to eq(
+        [
+          { name: "dev", description: "some description", pm_only: false },
+          { name: "random", description: tag2.description, pm_only: false },
+        ],
+      )
     end
   end
 
@@ -299,6 +306,64 @@ RSpec.describe SiteSerializer do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#navigation_menu_site_top_tags" do
+    fab!(:tag1) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 1").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag2) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 2").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag3) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 3").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(3, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:hidden_tag) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 4").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(4, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:staff_tag_group) do
+      Fabricate(:tag_group, permissions: { "staff" => 1 }, tag_names: [hidden_tag.name])
+    end
+
+    it "should return the site's top tags as the default tags for sidebar" do
+      serialized = described_class.new(Site.new(guardian), scope: guardian, root: false).as_json
+
+      expect(serialized[:navigation_menu_site_top_tags]).to eq(
+        [
+          { name: tag3.name, description: tag2.description, pm_only: false },
+          { name: tag1.name, description: tag1.description, pm_only: false },
+          { name: tag2.name, description: tag3.description, pm_only: false },
+        ],
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "should not be serialized if `navigation_menu` site setting is set to `legacy`" do
+      SiteSetting.set(:navigation_menu, "legacy")
+
+      serialized = described_class.new(Site.new(guardian), scope: guardian, root: false).as_json
+
+      expect(serialized[:navigation_menu_site_top_tags]).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "should not be serialized if `tagging_enabled` site setting is set to false" do
+      SiteSetting.set(:tagging_enabled, false)
+
+      serialized = described_class.new(Site.new(guardian), scope: guardian, root: false).as_json
+
+      expect(serialized[:navigation_menu_site_top_tags]).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "should return an empty array if site has no top tags" do
+      Tag.delete_all
+
+      serialized = described_class.new(Site.new(guardian), scope: guardian, root: false).as_json
+
+      expect(serialized[:navigation_menu_site_top_tags]).to eq([])
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#whispers_allowed_groups_names" do
     fab!(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
     fab!(:allowed_user) { Fabricate(:user) }
diff --git a/spec/support/user_sidebar_serializer_attributes.rb b/spec/support/user_sidebar_serializer_attributes.rb
index 5e8f908e3ea..6424947d8cf 100644
--- a/spec/support/user_sidebar_serializer_attributes.rb
+++ b/spec/support/user_sidebar_serializer_attributes.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RSpec.shared_examples "User Sidebar Serializer Attributes" do |serializer_klass|
   end
 
   describe "#sidebar_tags" do
-    fab!(:tag) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "foo") }
+    fab!(:tag) { Fabricate(:tag, name: "foo", description: "foo tag") }
     fab!(:pm_tag) do
       Fabricate(:tag, name: "bar", pm_topic_count: 5, staff_topic_count: 0, public_topic_count: 0)
     end
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ RSpec.shared_examples "User Sidebar Serializer Attributes" do |serializer_klass|
       json = serializer.as_json
 
       expect(json[:sidebar_tags]).to contain_exactly(
-        { name: tag.name, pm_only: false },
-        { name: pm_tag.name, pm_only: true },
+        { name: tag.name, pm_only: false, description: tag.description },
+        { name: pm_tag.name, pm_only: true, description: nil },
       )
 
       user.update!(admin: true)
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ RSpec.shared_examples "User Sidebar Serializer Attributes" do |serializer_klass|
       json = serializer.as_json
 
       expect(json[:sidebar_tags]).to contain_exactly(
-        { name: tag.name, pm_only: false },
-        { name: pm_tag.name, pm_only: true },
-        { name: hidden_tag.name, pm_only: false },
+        { name: tag.name, pm_only: false, description: tag.description },
+        { name: pm_tag.name, pm_only: true, description: nil },
+        { name: hidden_tag.name, pm_only: false, description: nil },
       )
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb b/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
index beb3a51ad33..a7b1ab7edcd 100644
--- a/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
+++ b/spec/system/page_objects/components/navigation_menu/base.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module PageObjects
         def has_no_section_link?(name, href: nil, active: false)
           section_link_present?(name, href: href, active: active, present: false)
         end
+
         def has_section?(name)
           has_css?(".sidebar-sections [data-section-name='#{name.parameterize}']")
         end
@@ -61,6 +62,15 @@ module PageObjects
           expect(tag_section_links.map(&:text)).to eq(tag_names)
         end
 
+        def has_tag_section_link_with_title?(tag, title)
+          section_link =
+            find(
+              ".sidebar-section[data-section-name='tags'] .sidebar-section-link-wrapper[data-tag-name='#{tag.name}'] .sidebar-section-link",
+            )
+
+          expect(section_link["title"]).to eq(title)
+        end
+
         def primary_section_links(slug)
           all("[data-section-name='#{slug}'] .sidebar-section-link-wrapper").map(&:text)
         end
diff --git a/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_as_anonymous_user_spec.rb b/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_as_anonymous_user_spec.rb
index 1d1b75a6a55..bac2805e04a 100644
--- a/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_as_anonymous_user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_as_anonymous_user_spec.rb
@@ -1,33 +1,37 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 describe "Viewing sidebar as anonymous user", type: :system do
-  fab!(:tag1) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 1").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
-  fab!(:tag2) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 2").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
-  fab!(:tag3) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 3").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(3, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
-  fab!(:tag4) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 4").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
-  fab!(:tag5) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 5").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
-  fab!(:tag6) do
-    Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 6").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
-  end
-
   let(:sidebar) { PageObjects::Components::NavigationMenu::Sidebar.new }
 
   describe "when viewing the tags section" do
+    fab!(:tag1) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 1", description: "tag 1 description <script>").tap do |tag|
+        Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag])
+      end
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag2) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 2").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag3) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 3", description: "tag 3 description").tap do |tag|
+        Fabricate.times(3, :topic, tags: [tag])
+      end
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag4) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 4").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag5) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 5").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag6) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 6").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
     it "should not display the tags section when tagging has been disabled" do
       SiteSetting.tagging_enabled = false
 
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ describe "Viewing sidebar as anonymous user", type: :system do
       expect(sidebar).to have_tags_section
       expect(sidebar).to have_all_tags_section_link
       expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_links([tag3, tag2, tag4, tag5, tag1])
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag1, "tag 1 description &lt;script&gt;")
     end
 
     it "should display the site's top tags when `default_navigation_menu_tags` site setting has been set but the tags configured are hidden to the user" do
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@ describe "Viewing sidebar as anonymous user", type: :system do
       expect(sidebar).to have_tags_section
       expect(sidebar).to have_all_tags_section_link
       expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_links([tag3, tag2, tag4, tag1, tag6])
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag1, "tag 1 description &lt;script&gt;")
     end
 
     it "should display the tags configured in `default_navigation_menu_tags` site setting when it has been set" do
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ describe "Viewing sidebar as anonymous user", type: :system do
       expect(sidebar).to have_tags_section
       expect(sidebar).to have_all_tags_section_link
       expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_links([tag3, tag4])
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag3, "tag 3 description")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_spec.rb b/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_spec.rb
index 2e0fa5363fe..aaeaf75c75e 100644
--- a/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/viewing_sidebar_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-describe "Viewing sidebar", type: :system do
+describe "Viewing sidebar as logged in user", type: :system do
   fab!(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
   fab!(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
   fab!(:category_sidebar_section_link) { Fabricate(:category_sidebar_section_link, user: user) }
@@ -107,4 +107,78 @@ describe "Viewing sidebar", type: :system do
       )
     end
   end
+
+  describe "when viewing the tags section" do
+    fab!(:tag1) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 1", description: "tag 1 description <script>").tap do |tag|
+        Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag])
+      end
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag2) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 2").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag3) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 3", description: "tag 3 description").tap do |tag|
+        Fabricate.times(3, :topic, tags: [tag])
+      end
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag4) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 4").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag5) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 5").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(2, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    fab!(:tag6) do
+      Fabricate(:tag, name: "tag 6").tap { |tag| Fabricate.times(1, :topic, tags: [tag]) }
+    end
+
+    it "should not display the tags section when tagging is disabled" do
+      SiteSetting.tagging_enabled = false
+
+      visit("/latest")
+
+      expect(sidebar).to be_visible
+      expect(sidebar).to have_no_tags_section
+    end
+
+    it "should not display the tags section when there are no tags that a user can see" do
+      Tag.delete_all
+
+      visit("/latest")
+
+      expect(sidebar).to be_visible
+      expect(sidebar).to have_no_tags_section
+    end
+
+    it "should display the site's top tags in the tags section when user has not configured any tags" do
+      visit("/latest")
+
+      expect(sidebar).to be_visible
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tags_section
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_links([tag3, tag2, tag4, tag5, tag1])
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag3, "tag 3 description")
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag1, "tag 1 description &lt;script&gt;")
+      expect(sidebar).to have_all_tags_section_link
+    end
+
+    it "should display the tags configured by the user in alphabetical order" do
+      Fabricate(:sidebar_section_link, linkable: tag3, user: user)
+      Fabricate(:sidebar_section_link, linkable: tag1, user: user)
+      Fabricate(:sidebar_section_link, linkable: tag2, user: user)
+
+      visit("/latest")
+
+      expect(sidebar).to be_visible
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tags_section
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_links([tag1, tag2, tag3])
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag3, "tag 3 description")
+      expect(sidebar).to have_tag_section_link_with_title(tag1, "tag 1 description &lt;script&gt;")
+      expect(sidebar).to have_all_tags_section_link
+    end
+  end
 end