Flagged emails in subfolders do not appear in the flagged folder

I submitted a bug report to Apple Developer Bug Reporting on this on 3/11/2014, over a year ago. On 3/14/2014 I got a response stating that this bug report is a duplicate of another issue and would be closed. So evidently someone inside/outside of Apple had already submitted a similar request. However, with all the releases we've seen since then, they have not fixed the issue. Here are the "steps to reproduce" that I submitted originally:

1 flag an email in inbox.

2 go to flag folder to confirm email shows up.

3 flag an email in another folder, not inbox.

4 go to flag folder, only inbox flag emails appear.

I wonder if a) they actually understand the nature of the defect, and b) if their defect queue and prioritization keep pushing this issue to the bottom of the list. Either way, I would have expected that it got into a production release by now.

As a work-around, if you search for the word "flagged" in iOS mail, it will return all of your flagged emails - even if they are in subfolders.

Now we have 2017 and still the issue persists. The whole flagging thing is useless is it is not mirrored across devices. Everybody should open a ticket with Apple Support and/or send feedback: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Just sent a request to Apple. Feel free to do the same (included message below, welcome to copy/paste!)

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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It's great that using Apple's native Mail app gives more functionality across products. But those added features fall flat when Mail doesn't work well on its own - even for basic workflows.

For instance: Why does the "Flagged" filter in Mail for iOS only show the messages that are in my Inbox? I mean,

that's the whole point of flagging a message, right? To be able to find it easily, regardless of what folder it's in. My Mac shows flagged messages in any folder. I expect filters to work the same across devices.

It shouldn't be so hard to

find a message again after moving it to a different folder. Please fix this functionality. It's been requested since 2013.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4683909?start=20&tstart=0

There are times when i visit the hospital for urgent medical attention and i need to show the copy of my dad's ID for claims and it is an attachment in a flagged mail but i cant access it cause ios wont keep it on my iphone and the hospital had little or no 3g coverage!

This is completely rediculous! Flags and VIP's only work on the iPhone if you leave the mails in the inbox! If you move them out of the inbox and then go to the flag or VIP folders they don't appear! How can they not fix something that makes essential features unusable!

I wonder if a) they actually understand the nature of the defect, and b) if their defect queue and prioritization keep pushing this issue to the bottom of the list. Either way, I would have expected that it got into a production release by now.

my guess, it is not on their queue at all

I have just sorted all my mail into subfolders, and am now experiencing the same problem. This essentially makes flagging the email useless to me, as I have to search for them anyway.

I've submitted a bug report as well, in the hopes that the more people who submit a problem, it will get noticed.

Thanks for the workaround in the meantime. Searching for "flagged" in 'All Mailboxes' seems to do the trick.

Yes, this is ridiculous. A work-around, by definition, is not a fix. This is extremely bad. And they've paid NO attention to it for years now. The "work-around" doesn't work for me.

I'm not sure what the point of flagged mail is if it doesn't work.

Dear all,

I adore apple & I don't want to leave but I’ve a big issue & i don’t know how to solve it: I can't find my flagged email in the MacBook outlook calendar

I am a marketing manager & I've a very tough schedule & I’m flagged email but I can’t find them on my I phone. However, they exists on my day App

Moreover, I can't sync Microsoft office reminders & my day with Ical & I Can't organize my work

Your urgent help is needed

Here in Germany it's even worse. We do not have an equivalent for the term "flagged", instead the term "markiert" is used, which would be "marked" in english. Everybody will immediately agree that if you search for the term "marked" you'd receive a whole lot of hits in return, because this is a much more common term than "flagged". So this search would bring up many irrrelevant rresults.

This doesn't seem to be fixed years later.

iOS 11 has a flagged mailbox which doesn't show all flagged mail still!!

The only way is to type 'flagged' in the search bar.

It seems as though the flagged mail is there but the iOS flagged folder doesn't work.

It is Nov2017 and High Sierra is still not delivering. I work with flags a lot and I organize my emails accordingly. Flagged emails in the Drafts folder do not appear in the flags folder, even though the folder shows me the correct number of flagged messages - they just do not appear in the flags folders!

And, I used to be able to work within the flags folder and edit draft (flagged) messages from within there - now when I do get the odd message to appear in the folder, I can't edit it anymore, I have to go look for the original.

At one point some messages would appear in the flags folder and others - not. I seem to see only Inbox flagged messages.

It all worked fine in Mountain Lion until I was forced to upgrade. All upgrades are such a pain with all the bugs.