# Reference Tags Going Stale **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tags-going-stale/84985 "2024-01-30T22:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tags-going-stale/84985/1 "2024-01-30T22:59:08Z")
Has anyone had issues with reference tags going stale? And the tag is referencing is not stale? I keep having a stale reference tag that is looking at an MQTT engine tag. The MQTT engine tag is not stale. ---
**Author:** ![Bryson\_Prince](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bryson_prince/32/48866_2.png) [@Bryson\_Prince](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bryson_Prince)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tags-going-stale/84985/2 "2024-02-15T22:25:48Z")
Hi Jacob, Tags can go stale for a variety of reasons. I think it would be best to pursue this issue in a ticket with our support department. You can create a ticket using this link: [https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/) It may be worth it to reach out to Cirrus Link to open a support ticket with them as well. ---
**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tags-going-stale/84985/3 "2024-02-15T22:52:27Z")
Turns out if the time on my edge system is different from my gateway I run into this problem. Which is unfortunate because we are about to start operating equipment in other time zones.