# Odd hasRole behavior firing off more than expected in a client tag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [November 4, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-hasrole-behavior-firing-off-more-than-expected-in-a-client-tag/117734 "2026-11-04T13:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-hasrole-behavior-firing-off-more-than-expected-in-a-client-tag/117734/4 "2026-11-04T18:22:34Z")
Amusingly, I thought I remembered something like this but it was the exact inverse problem; `hasRole` not firing often enough: > [@Client tag expression with hasRole NPE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-tag-expression-with-hasrole-npe/100483): > > I've got a weird issue, and I'm not sure if this is because of my usage or if there is an actual problem going on here. I want to use a Vision Client tag to generate some bit based on the current user roles. IE if the user has the "Operator" role then we will turn on a client tag so that it can be easily tweaked down the road. The expression that I'm using is: hasRole('Operator',{[System]Client/User/Username}) The User Source I'm using has a failover to another user source. The main user so… Nothing code-wise has changed in between, especially not in 8.1, so I can't really explain it. If you send a report in to support they'd probably investigate further. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-hasrole-behavior-firing-off-more-than-expected-in-a-client-tag/117734)._