# Gateway network tags diagnostics

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481 "2022-11-14T16:58:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481/1 "2022-11-14T16:58:25Z")

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My gateway was built with a abackup of another one.

When I delete GAN connections and restart the gateway I still have empty folder with orphan connections. Can we clean them ?

I don't understant what \_0:0 and \_0:1, \_0:2 exactly means ?

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481/2 "2022-11-17T18:16:30Z")

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Hello mazeyrat,

Those would have to be cleaned up in the internal database. I would suggest reaching out to support for assistance getting those cleaned up.

Also, what version are you currently running? There was a bug ticket for this issue but it should have been fixed as of 8.1.3.

For the \_0:0 and \_0:1, \_0:2 before the gateway name, I believe the second number gets incremented when a new connection is made to a gateway with the same name as one that's been previously connected. This is because the tag wasn't properly deleted when the old connection was removed. On newer versions, since the tag is removed each new connection to a previously connected gateway shows as just \_0:0.

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**Author:** ![Hitesh\_Rathod1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea666f/32.png) [@Hitesh\_Rathod1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hitesh_Rathod1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481/3 "2024-03-14T19:23:48Z")

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Hello Lionel

Were you able to fix that GAN connections issue from the system tags?

I am experiencing the same issue in Ignition 8.1.23. I am not able to delete the orphan connections from system tags folder.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-tags-diagnostics/66481/4 "2025-07-11T06:06:57Z")

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This bug still exists. It also does this with old OPC server connections. I was testing some other OPC servers as a proof of concept and their tag folders are still there also.