I created a simple test module that adds a text banner to all nodes if a checkbox is checked in the form of the modules configuration. Currently it is working halfway as I want. When the checkbox is checked and the configuration is exported the text banner displays on all nodes. So far this is correct. But I don't want to have to export the configuration for the text banner to display. I want it to display immediately after checking the checkbox. An example is in Devel. If you go to the admin area of Devel and check the box 'Display $page array' The page array displays on every node afterwards without having to export the configuration To display a text banner on all nodes I am using hook_node_view. Then getting the checkbox value from my custom module settings.yml file. function my_form_configy_node_view(array &$build, \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity, \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityViewDisplayInterface $display, $view_mode) { $config = \Drupal::config('my_form_configy.settings')->get('checkbox'); if ($config === TRUE) { $build['layout_test'] = [ '#markup' => '<h2> Extra, Extra read all about it.</h2>', ]; } } This is my form namespace Drupal\my_form_configy\Form; use Drupal\Core\Database\Database; use Drupal\Core\Form\FormBase; use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface; use Drupal\Core\Form\ConfigFormBase; class MyForm extends ConfigFormBase { public function getFormId() { return 'my_form_configy_1346'; } const SETTINGS = 'my_form_configy.settings'; protected function getEditableConfigNames() { return [ static::SETTINGS, ]; } public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) { $config = $this->config(static::SETTINGS); $check = \Drupal::config('my_form_configy.settings')->get('checkbox'); $form['checkbox'] = [ '#type' => 'checkbox', '#title' => $this->t('Do you want to add the text banner to all nodes? Checking this box will add a large h2 text banner to add nodes. You must export the config and reload a node page'), '#default_value' => $check, '#weight' => '0', ]; $form['#theme'] = 'my_form'; return parent::buildForm($form, $form_state); } public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) { $this->configFactory->getEditable(static::SETTINGS) ->set('checkbox', $form_state->getValue('checkbox')) ->save(); parent::submitForm($form, $form_state); } } Devel is using the same method I am, but if you check the box 'Display $page array' the dpm feature works on nodes immediately without having to export the configuration. function devel_page_attachments_alter(&$page) { if (\Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('access devel information') && \Drupal::config('devel.settings')->get('page_alter')) { dpm($page, 'page'); } } I have searched for ConfigFormBase in core and contrib modules and read this. https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/configuration-api/working-with-configuration-forms and https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/form-api/configformbase-with-simple-configuration-api Update. 4k4 comment below put me in the right place. According to this post https://drupal.stackexchange.com/a/266393/58880. I needed to apply addCacheableDependency \Drupal::service('renderer')->addCacheableDependency($variables, $config); Since I am using hook_node_view. I changed $variables to $build \Drupal::service('renderer')->addCacheableDependency($build, $config); Now when I click the checkbox the value of chechbox is correct and its not coming form the config. The text banner is displayed on all nodes. My change is below. function my_form_configy_node_view(array &$build, \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity, \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityViewDisplayInterface $display, $view_mode) { $config = \Drupal::config('my_form_configy.settings')->get('checkbox'); // add the cache tag, so that the output gets invalidated when the config is saved \Drupal::service('renderer')->addCacheableDependency($build, $config); I am trying to understand what this does? Where is the value of 'checkbox' being stored now. Its not in my modules settings.yml file because I have not exported the configuration yet. Is it stored in browser cache, or Drupal cache? Since I am developing I disabled all twig and drupal cache in settings.local.php with. $settings['cache']['bins']['render'] = 'cache.backend.null'; $settings['cache']['bins']['dynamic_page_cache'] = 'cache.backend.null'; The Devel module is not using addCacheableDependency Clicking the checkbox 'Display $page array' The dpm feature works immediately. function devel_page_attachments_alter(&$page) { if (\Drupal::currentUser()->hasPermission('access devel information') && \Drupal::config('devel.settings')->get('page_alter')) { dpm($page, 'page'); } }