diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.html
index af68f02f0..3bf9a7951 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 <span>{{ data.name }}</span>
 
-<ion-text color="success" *ngIf="data.new">&nbsp;(New)</ion-text>
 <ion-text color="success" *ngIf="data.newOptions">&nbsp;(New Options)</ion-text>
 <ion-text color="warning" *ngIf="data.edited">&nbsp;(Edited)</ion-text>
 
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.ts
index f4518defb..a798660ce 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-label/form-label.component.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export class FormLabelComponent {
     name: string
     description: string | null
     edited?: boolean
-    new?: boolean
     required?: boolean
     newOptions?: boolean
   }
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/controls/form-input/form-input.component.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/controls/form-input/form-input.component.html
index 649d6fcbb..b4a14447c 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/controls/form-input/form-input.component.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/controls/form-input/form-input.component.html
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   [data]="{
     name: spec.name,
     description: spec.description,
-    new: form.original?.[name] === undefined,
     edited: control.dirty,
     required: !spec.nullable
   }"
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.html
index 6004533e7..26406bbda 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.html
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
           [data]="{
             name: spec.name,
             description: spec.description,
-            new: original?.[entry.key] === undefined,
             edited: entry.value.dirty
           }"
         ></form-label>
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
             [data]="{
               name: spec.name,
               description: spec.description,
-              new: original?.[entry.key] === undefined,
               edited: entry.value.dirty,
               newOptions: objectDisplay[entry.key].hasNewOptions
             }"
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@
               [data]="{
                 name: spec.name,
                 description: spec.description,
-                new: original?.[entry.key] === undefined,
                 edited: entry.value.dirty,
                 required: !!(spec.range | toRange).min
               }"
@@ -166,7 +163,6 @@
                         objectListDisplay[entry.key][i].displayAs ||
                         'Entry ' + (i + 1),
                       description: null,
-                      new: false,
                       edited: abstractControl.dirty
                     }"
                   ></form-label>
@@ -272,7 +268,6 @@
               [data]="{
                 name: spec.name,
                 description: spec.description,
-                new: original?.[entry.key] === undefined,
                 edited: entry.value.dirty
               }"
             ></form-label>
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.ts
index 565ce020a..72eb70bfd 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-object/form-object.component.ts
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ export class FormObjectComponent {
 
     // setTimeout hack to avoid ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError
     setTimeout(() => {
-      if (
-        this.original &&
-        Object.keys(this.current || {}).some(
-          key => this.original![key] === undefined,
-        )
-      )
-        this.hasNewOptions.emit()
+      // if (this.original && Object.values(this.objectSpec).some(spec => spec['is-new'])) this.hasNewOptions.emit()
     })
   }
 
@@ -144,7 +138,7 @@ export class FormObjectComponent {
     this.hasNewOptions.emit()
     setTimeout(() => {
       this.objectDisplay[key].hasNewOptions = true
-    }, 100)
+    })
   }
 
   handleBooleanChange(key: string, spec: ValueSpecBoolean) {
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.html b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.html
index ed9fc31be..f01abb277 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.html
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
       [data]="{
         name: spec.tag.name,
         description: spec.tag.description,
-        new: isNew,
         newOptions: hasNewOptions,
         edited: formGroup.dirty
       }"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
       slot="end"
       placeholder="Select"
       [formControlName]="spec.tag.id"
-      [selectedText]="spec.tag['variant-names'][unionValue]"
+      [selectedText]="variantName"
       (ionChange)="updateUnion($event)"
     >
       <ion-select-option
@@ -31,9 +30,9 @@
     </ion-select>
   </ion-item-divider>
 
-  <tui-elastic-container [id]="objectId | toElementId: 'union'" class="indent">
+  <tui-elastic-container [id]="objectId | toElementId : 'union'" class="indent">
     <form-object
-      [objectSpec]="spec.variants[unionValue]"
+      [objectSpec]="variantSpec"
       [formGroup]="formGroup"
       [current]="current"
       [original]="original"
diff --git a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.ts b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.ts
index e865ea44f..6994e92c5 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/ui/src/app/components/form-object/form-union/form-union.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 import { UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms'
 import { v4 } from 'uuid'
 import { FormService } from 'src/app/services/form.service'
-import { ValueSpecUnion } from 'start-sdk/types/config-types'
+import { ValueSpecUnion, InputSpec } from 'start-sdk/types/config-types'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'form-union',
@@ -16,22 +16,21 @@ export class FormUnionComponent {
   @Input() current?: Record<string, any>
   @Input() original?: Record<string, any>
 
-  get unionValue() {
+  get selectedVariant(): string {
     return this.formGroup.get(this.spec.tag.id)?.value
   }
 
-  get isNew() {
-    return !this.original
+  get variantName(): string {
+    return this.spec.tag['variant-names'][this.selectedVariant]
   }
 
-  get hasNewOptions() {
-    const tagId = this.spec.tag.id
-    return (
-      this.original?.[tagId] === this.current?.[tagId] &&
-      !!Object.keys(this.current || {}).find(
-        key => this.original![key] === undefined,
-      )
-    )
+  get variantSpec(): InputSpec {
+    return this.spec.variants[this.selectedVariant]
+  }
+
+  get hasNewOptions(): boolean {
+    // return Object.values(this.variantSpec).some(spec => spec['is-new'])
+    return false
   }
 
   objectId = v4()