# System.tag.browse odd behavior on remote provider **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [October 29, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-odd-behavior-on-remote-provider/97923 "2024-10-29T21:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salbrechtsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/salbrechtsen/32/18660_2.png) [@salbrechtsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/salbrechtsen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-odd-behavior-on-remote-provider/97923/1 "2024-10-29T21:19:41Z")
We have a 8.1.39 gateway with a remote tag provider to a 7.9.21 tag gateway with just over 1M tags. I know 7.9 is basically ancient at this point, we are working on migrating the tag gateway to 8 but this is a painful process for us due to our system scale. For now the remote provider has worked pretty well for the simple read/write operations we need while developing our Perspective client. I am working on a system to lookup all 1M+ tagpaths on the 7.9.21 gateway in the provider we have set up `Realtime1_1`. I just need a list of all the tagpaths for an internal tool. I started with `system.tag.browseTags` with the recursive flag locks up, even when in the gateway context. Manual recursion works but is extremely slow. Same with `system.tag.browseConfiguration`. I thought I would try running `system.tag.browse` from the remote provider in Ignition 8. I noticed two strange issues. First, calling `system.tag.browse('[Realtime1_1]', {'recursive': True})` times out from the client, which I expected. But, when run from the gateway context (gateway timer script) **it returns immediately with zero tags** which is annoying. Querying a folder like `system.tag.browse('[Realtime1_1]TEST', {'recursive': True})` returns tags. So, I implemented a first call to `system.tag.browse('[Realtime1_1]')` and then manually called `system.tag.browse` again with the recursive flag. This works great and is quite fast. Then, I noticed another issue. The tag count returned is correct, but its not handling nested folders correctly. For example, here is the tag structure for this test on 7: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/d/ed26183656fd573d2d6fa2289d4aa424a1c1a998.png) `browseTags` on 7 works right ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/a/fa42479cf53e52279913b49f117dfe4273dee11e.png) `browse` with recurse on 8 however messes up the on the fullPath for the Layer2 tags, making them the same as Layer1... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/3/b3228f086475cc3f8086ff04067f6c5e5db7f8c3.png) I know some pathing issues with `browse` on remote providers was previously fixed but if memory serves, it was before 8.1.39 which we are on. Couldn't see anything in version 8.1.39+ patch notes related to this issue. Am I overlooking something here or is this a bug on the 7 -\> 8 remote tag provider? Is there a fast way to look up every full tagpath for a provider? We have a java module and I've considered just doing a query on the internal DB but would like to avoid that if possible. ---
**Author:** ![salbrechtsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/salbrechtsen/32/18660_2.png) [@salbrechtsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/salbrechtsen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-odd-behavior-on-remote-provider/97923/2 "2024-10-30T15:25:19Z")
I created the tags in a provider on the 8 gateway, and `system.tag.browse` works properly. Seems like its just a remote tag provider issue, probably just a 7 -\> 8 remote tag provider issue.