Consent Mode Tutorial: How to solve 'A tag read consent state before a default was set'

Learn how to solve the ‘A tag read consent state before a default was set’ error.
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Have you ever noticed an error in your GTM Tag Assistant that reads ‘A tag read consent state before a default was set’? In this video we’re taking a look why this error is there and how to solve it.

Updates:
- Confirmation from Simo Ahava here that the warning is sometimes caused by the Consent Mode / Cookiebanner tag itself. In that case the warning can be ignored:   / simmeroy_gtm-consentstate-consentmode-ugcp...  

Links mentioned in the video:
- How to grow your website traffic: https://leonkorteweg.com/cheatsheet
- Set up Meta Ads with Consent Mode in GTM:    • Using Meta Ads with Consent Mode in GTM  
- Set up Consent Mode manually with any CMP or cookiebanner:    • Set up Consent Mode V2 with any cooki...  
- All my videos on Consent Mode:    • Consent Mode & Cookiebanners  

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Welcome
1:15 Warning explanation
2:10 Why does the warning appear?
4:04 Debugging an example setup
7:28 Test your Update command
9:07 Consent Mode with Ecommerce dataLayer events
10:59 I don't always solve the warning
12:32 Close

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