# Nightly 8.1 Changelogs - 2023

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**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-1-changelogs-2023/68524 "2023-01-12T00:21:22Z")\
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Nightly Changelog: 8.1.28-SNAPSHOT-b20230512

## Comms

### OPC

**IGN-7172: Modbus HR can not be written to as bool data type**  
Add support for writing to a Boolean OPC tag that is mapped to an integer datatype in the OPC server.  
**IGN-6219: Allow devices to be created Disabled via system.device.addDevice**  
Allow devices to be created in the disabled state via `system.device.addDevice`.

## Tags

### Tags & UDTs

**IGN-7580: Memory Leak with LegacyRemappedListener**  
Fixed a memory leak when using legacy Alerting tag properties

### Remote Tags

**IGN-6510: Remote tag provider does not automatically reconnect after gateway restart**  
Fixed an issue with remote tag providers not automatically reconnecting after gateway restarts.

## Tag Historian

### Store & Forward

**IGN-4238: Named Query testing interface needs date-picker for parameters**  
Added a DateTime picker dialog to the Named Queries Testing panel for better usability when setting DateTime value

## Gateway Network

### EAM & Redundancy

**IGN-3044: system.eam.queryAgentHistory() row limit applies to earliest instead of latest rows.**  
When calling system.eam.queryAgentHistory(), the first N rows will be returned instead of the N most recent rows. This is to match the expected behavior of the method.

## Platform Core

### Licensing

**IGN-6515: Leased Activation Status should have provide more information via System Tags**  
Leased Activation license status information is now provided via System Tags.

### Other

**IGN-1266: TypeUtilities#fromString not implemented correctly according to defined behavior**  
When converting from a string to a date, integer, float, or string the given locale will be taken into account. This allows, for example, the string to contain different date formats, such as accepting DD/MM/YYYY as opposed to the US standard of MM/DD/YYYY.

## Comms

### Drivers

**IGN-2367: Mitsubishi Driver**  
See [forum post](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mitsubishi-driver/73741)

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