diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/APIBeatmapMetadataSource.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/APIBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
index 34eedfb474..e15de7ec02 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/APIBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/APIBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                         DateRanked = res.BeatmapSet?.Ranked,
                         DateSubmitted = res.BeatmapSet?.Submitted,
                         MD5Hash = res.MD5Hash,
-                        LastUpdated = res.LastUpdated
+                        LastUpdated = res.LastUpdated,
+                        // Tags are not populated because the response does not contain tag data.
+                        // TODO: consider web change to include the tag data? or a second web request for the set to retrieve tags?
                     };
                     return true;
                 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdaterMetadataLookup.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdaterMetadataLookup.cs
index 364a0f9b4b..7547abdf28 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdaterMetadataLookup.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapUpdaterMetadataLookup.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                 {
                     beatmapInfo.Status = res.BeatmapStatus;
                     beatmapInfo.Metadata.Author.OnlineID = res.AuthorID;
+                    beatmapInfo.Metadata.UserTags.AddRange(res.UserTags);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
index d876ba55b2..d9c96403ba 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
                     switch (getCacheVersion(db))
                     {
                         case 2:
+                            // can be removed 20260123
                             return queryCacheVersion2(db, beatmapInfo, out onlineMetadata);
+
+                        case 3:
+                            return queryCacheVersion3(db, beatmapInfo, out onlineMetadata);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -311,6 +315,63 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             return false;
         }
 
+        private bool queryCacheVersion3(SqliteConnection db, BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, out OnlineBeatmapMetadata? onlineMetadata)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet != null);
+
+            using (var cmd = db.CreateCommand())
+            {
+                cmd.CommandText =
+                    """
+                    SELECT `b`.`beatmapset_id`, `b`.`beatmap_id`, `b`.`approved`, `b`.`user_id`, `b`.`checksum`, `b`.`last_update`, `s`.`submit_date`, `s`.`approved_date`
+                    FROM `osu_beatmaps` AS `b`
+                    JOIN `osu_beatmapsets` AS `s` ON `s`.`beatmapset_id` = `b`.`beatmapset_id`
+                    WHERE (`b`.`checksum` = @MD5Hash OR `b`.`filename` = @Path)
+                    """;
+
+                cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@MD5Hash", beatmapInfo.MD5Hash));
+                cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@Path", beatmapInfo.Path));
+
+                using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader())
+                {
+                    if (!reader.Read())
+                    {
+                        onlineMetadata = null;
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    logForModel(beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet, $@"Cached local retrieval for {beatmapInfo} (cache version 3).");
+
+                    onlineMetadata = new OnlineBeatmapMetadata
+                    {
+                        BeatmapSetID = reader.GetInt32(0),
+                        BeatmapID = reader.GetInt32(1),
+                        BeatmapStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                        BeatmapSetStatus = (BeatmapOnlineStatus)reader.GetByte(2),
+                        AuthorID = reader.GetInt32(3),
+                        MD5Hash = reader.GetString(4),
+                        LastUpdated = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(5),
+                        DateSubmitted = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(6),
+                        DateRanked = reader.GetDateTimeOffset(7),
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+
+            using (var tagsCommand = db.CreateCommand())
+            {
+                tagsCommand.CommandText = "SELECT `name` FROM `tags` WHERE `id` IN (SELECT `tag_id` FROM `beatmap_tags` WHERE `beatmap_id` = @BeatmapID)";
+                tagsCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter(@"@BeatmapID", onlineMetadata.BeatmapID));
+
+                using (var tagsReader = tagsCommand.ExecuteReader())
+                {
+                    while (tagsReader.Read())
+                        onlineMetadata.UserTags.Add(tagsReader.GetString(0));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private static void log(string message)
             => Logger.Log($@"[{nameof(LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource)}] {message}", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/OnlineBeatmapMetadata.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/OnlineBeatmapMetadata.cs
index 8640883ca1..2acadde352 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/OnlineBeatmapMetadata.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/OnlineBeatmapMetadata.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 {
@@ -57,5 +58,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// The date when this metadata was last updated.
         /// </summary>
         public DateTimeOffset LastUpdated { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of tags that users have assigned to this beatmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<string> UserTags { get; } = [];
     }
 }