[Python] Why is the data-tags attribute not preserved in my Django form widget? autoComplete...

I'm using a CharField with a custom widget (ListSelect2) from the django-autocomplete-light library. I have a set of data-* attributes, including data-tags, that I want to be passed to the HTML output, but it doesn't seem like the data-tags attribute is being preserved or rendered correctly in the final after form is saved.

industry_type = forms.CharField(
widget=autocomplete.ListSelect2(
url='/career-listings/industry-autocomplete/',
attrs={
'class': 'w-full px-4 py-2 border border-gray-300 rounded-lg shadow-sm focusutline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 transition duration-200',
'data-placeholder': 'Industry',
'data-minimum-input-length': 1,
'data-theme': 'tailwindcss-3',
'data-tags': 'true', # The attribute I'm trying to preserve
'id': 'id_industry_type',
},
forward=['name'],
),
required=True,
)


What happens instead: The data-tags attribute does not appear in the HTML after form is saved. The field

Things I've tried: I added data-tags to the attrs dictionary of the widget.

I ensured that the widget is being properly rendered in the template. The data only data-tags is not preserved on form is submitted.

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