# Cannot coerce BrowseValue to type Float/int etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision, ignition81\ **Created:** [July 15, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419 "2026-07-15T15:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/1 "2026-07-15T15:07:51Z")
Using Vision in 8.1.47 and trying to clean up logs on a big project that had a lot of hands on it. One I am seeing now that I don't recall ever seeing before | Message | Cannot coerce value 'BrowseValue [value=null, info=null, configVersion=66]' into type: class java.lang.Float | | --- | --- | | Time | Wed Jul 15 11:01:08AM | | Severity | WARN | | Logger | Vision.Binding.IndirectTagBindingAdapter | | Stack Trace | java.lang.ClassCastException: Cannot coerce value 'BrowseValue [value=null, info=null, configVersion=66]' into type: class java.lang.Float at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.TypeUtilities.coerce(TypeUtilities.java:1681) at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.AbstractPropertyAdapter.setQValue(AbstractPropertyAdapter.java:223) at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.SimpleBoundTagAdapter.setQValue(SimpleBoundTagAdapter.java:259) at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.AbstractPropertyAdapter.updateValue(AbstractPropertyAdapter.java:269) at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.SimpleBoundTagAdapter.notifyTagChanged(SimpleBoundTagAdapter.java:518) at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.SimpleBoundTagAdapter.tagChanged(SimpleBoundTagAdapter.java:506) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.impl.ClientTagSubscriptionManager$ListenerDeliveryManager.edtDeliver(ClientTagSubscriptionManager.java:608) at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) | 1. Is there a way I can get a specific binding to print out here? I have a lot of indirect bindings in this project. 2. Anyone see this before, know the cause? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/2 "2026-07-15T15:15:51Z")
No, but it is a Vision client tag, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/3 "2026-07-15T17:01:45Z")
The `vision.binding.tag-binding` logger _in the client_ on debug will be very noisy in a real system, but should have a message just before the error goes that should at least give you a tag path, that you could then find? Alternately, `tags.subscriptions` on trace will be _extremely_ noisy but may give you a few more clues. > [@bkarabinchak.psi](#): > > 1. know the cause The only plausible mechanism I can see for that is that somehow a tag binding got redirected to point to a folder or UDT? That's the only place I can see a `BrowseValue` coming from. ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/4 "2026-07-15T17:46:17Z")
Gah its so noisy, I do see other things print and logged but then both get run over by the error above I know its not really relevant to this exact post but I can't find anything on the forum, anyway to extend what the vision console/log viewer holds onto? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/5 "2026-07-15T17:49:40Z")
Use the launcher log file to find the java invocation that really runs the client, and run that from a terminal. ---
**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-coerce-browsevalue-to-type-float-int-etc/116419/6 "2026-07-15T18:15:58Z")
Thanks. Very strange running the client from terminal and the warning stopped occuring. So then I closed out, went back to running it via vision client launcher and it was no longer occuring there either. I don't know what I did or what changed but it stopped spamming my logs at least. I did examine my client tags, just opening them, looking at them but most are memory or simple expressions so no idea how warning about coercing a BrowseValue would get there in the first place. This is resolved for now though to future readers, sorry I don't have any more info on why exactly.