# Engine not appearing in designer. Nor tags

**URL:** <https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856>\
**Category:** Ignition Modules\
**Tags:** mqtt-engine\
**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856 "2026-04-02T21:15:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![N5A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@N5A](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/N5A)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856/1 "2026-04-02T21:15:42Z")

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I do not get the Engine tags folder nor tags in designer. Everything appears to be running. Although the 6000 tags is somewhat concerning as there are only roughly 15 devices in the mosquito broker currently.. I may have missed a configuration step to enable engine to talk to designer, not sure where.

Ignition 8.3.0,

Engine 5.0.0

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cirrus_link/original/1X/22639ff8165c72a6cd95961134159e4f2c1a9283.png)

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**Author:** ![N5A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@N5A](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/N5A)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856/2 "2026-04-02T21:16:15Z")

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Tag providers..

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cirrus_link/original/1X/f60c41a64dc43d7272a089ee21c90e246c4e38b6.png)

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**Author:** ![wes.johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wes.johnson](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/wes.johnson)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856/3 "2026-04-02T21:21:58Z")

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Do the logs provide any hints? Also, in the tag browser screen, do you have the MQTT Engine tag provider selected? It looks like that may be the default tag provider…

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**Author:** ![N5A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@N5A](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/u/N5A)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.cirrus-link.com/t/engine-not-appearing-in-designer-nor-tags/856/4 "2026-04-02T21:22:37Z")

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… well.. i kept poking around and as usual.. found them after posting. Dropdown box next to refresh control.. Engine was there. So are my devices and tags.