# Enable tag history from Ignition SDK

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-tag-history-from-ignition-sdk/112103>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-tag-history-from-ignition-sdk/112103 "2025-11-11T17:34:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@BenS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BenS)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-tag-history-from-ignition-sdk/112103/1 "2025-11-11T17:34:39Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to enable history for Ignition tags when I create tags for a managed tag provider for a custom module via the SDK. However, when I deploy the module, history does not seem to be enabled for most tags (even though History Enabled is set to true) till I edit tag properties and toggle a tag property.

I am setting the tag properties by creating a TagConfiguration object, setting TagHistoryProps parameters, and then using the configureTag method to apply the TagConfiguration. Is there anything different I should be doing in order to ensure that history is successfully enabled for each tag?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![BenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@BenS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BenS)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-tag-history-from-ignition-sdk/112103/2 "2025-11-11T20:18:53Z")

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I figured out the issue. In case this helps anyone in the future - I was creating the tags and applying the tag properties during setup (as in the example at [ignition-sdk-examples/managed-tag-provider/managed-tag-provider-gateway/src/main/java/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/examples/mtp/ManagedProviderGatewayHook.java at 92813eb6e9372704926eebca870e3e48b607e487 · inductiveautomation/ignition-sdk-examples · GitHub](https://github.com/inductiveautomation/ignition-sdk-examples/blob/92813eb6e9372704926eebca870e3e48b607e487/managed-tag-provider/managed-tag-provider-gateway/src/main/java/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/examples/mtp/ManagedProviderGatewayHook.java)). When I moved tag creation and configuration to startup, this solved the issue.