# system.tag.editTag unexpected behavior in try/except

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-edittag-unexpected-behavior-in-try-except/19887>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-edittag-unexpected-behavior-in-try-except/19887 "2018-09-28T18:13:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-edittag-unexpected-behavior-in-try-except/19887/3 "2019-09-13T02:38:27Z")

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Found this thread to solve the problem:  
[http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/try-except-when-reading-tags/16179](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/try-except-when-reading-tags/16179)

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