# Upgrade from 8.1.1 to 8.1.10 - Any issues? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [December 2, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662 "2021-12-02T07:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sharmila.belvalkar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sharmila.belvalkar/32/30067_2.png) [@sharmila.belvalkar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sharmila.belvalkar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/1 "2021-12-02T07:37:17Z")
Does anyone have any input for this upgrade with regards to issues, considerations to prevent issues etc? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/2 "2021-12-02T08:02:31Z")
One consideration if relevant is that qualities now contain information about the cause. E.g. A `Bad_Expression` will now be `Bad_Expression (thus is the cause) ` So of you are using any string comparisons of qualities then these will break ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/3 "2021-12-02T15:18:36Z")
Also, if you’re already upgrading, why not go to the latest (8.1.12)? ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/4 "2021-12-02T17:02:30Z")
If you use tag paths in your project that assume the default tag provider rather than specify it (common in older projects), you may want to wait for 8.1.13 (and possibly upgrade to 8.1.9 meanwhile): > [@Problem tag path with default tag provider V8.1.11](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-tag-path-with-default-tag-provider-v8-1-11/52833): > > Good morning, I upgraded to V8.1.11 from 8.1.9 and the templates I had connected and working with the tags by removing the tagprovider in the tagpath in order to point to the Default tag provider, it no longer works. I get this error: [2021-11-08 14\_34\_51-Error] In V8.1.9 I assigned the tag like this without any errors: (i have tested also with [] before tag path) But returned same error. Now i need to specify defa… ---
**Author:** ![pphillips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@pphillips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pphillips)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/5 "2021-12-02T20:56:44Z")
Here is one to look out for depending on your database(s): [SQL Server Connection Faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-server-connection-faulted/46393) ---
**Author:** ![sharmila.belvalkar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sharmila.belvalkar/32/30067_2.png) [@sharmila.belvalkar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sharmila.belvalkar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-8-1-1-to-8-1-10-any-issues/53662/6 "2021-12-25T16:04:03Z")
We upgraded it to 8.1.12 in the last week. No issues found. Thank you all for your inputs.