Pointer still interacts with UI canvas after ignore tag is added to it with script

I have a Canvas object in my scene and when I click a button on the controller, a script adds a “IgnorePointer” tag to the canvas and disables the renderer. The code is pretty simple:

    GameObject UI = GameObject.Find("UI Canvas");
    UI.tag = "IgnorePointer";
    GameObject conceptMenu = GameObject.Find("UI Canvas");
    Canvas conceptCanvas = conceptMenu.GetComponent<Canvas>();
    conceptCanvas.enabled = false;

When the button is clicked, the canvas disappears and the tag is correctly added, but if you activate the pointer and aim it where the canvas was, the ray-cast still collides with the invisible canvas. Is this a bug or am I going about this operation incorrectly?

Edit: I should clarify that if you manually add the tag in the editor instead of from script, that the ray-cast performs as expected and passes through the canvas.

[thestonefox]

No it’s a bug 😃

[thestonefox]

Don’t worry I’m implementing the fix right now 😃