# 8.1.14 designer will lost connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective, ignition81\ **Created:** [July 11, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711 "2022-07-11T07:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yifeiliu08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbe5ce/32.png) [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/1 "2022-07-11T07:41:24Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/7/1709f5dda7ea3a4b92f995d25644ce5fbd1ef0df.png) my server is 8.1.14, when I design in the perspective module, it always in sometime the design will report fault as the picture shows. I have to use task manager to close it and open the projecdt again , it will lost my design infomation while I have not save it, does anyone have the same issue? ---
**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/2 "2022-07-12T15:51:00Z")
Maybe look at the console and wrapper logs? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/3 "2022-07-12T15:52:42Z")
In the designer launcher, are you using IP or DNS? There is a known issue, external to Ignition, using DNS. Use IP. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/4 "2022-07-12T16:43:32Z")
If it is a DNS issue and you’re on Windows, CMD ipconfig/flushdns has worked well to bring the connection back for me. We figured out there were some DNS issues on corporate network and I rarely run into this since those were resolved. @Matrix_Engineering, I wasn’t aware of a known issue with DNS and designer launcher. Any more details? Would this affect clients too? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/5 "2022-07-12T17:07:36Z")
It's a different error message, connection lost to Gateway: > [@8.1.17 Designer unstable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-17-designer-unstable/60863): > > My designer is having frequent connection lost to gateway errors. Running in a docker container. Version: 8.1.17 (b2022051210) License: licensed Uptime: 17 days Gateway server: i7-5960X, 8 core, 16 thread, 32GB RAM Dev PC (Designer): i9-9900K, 8 core, 16 thread, 16GB RAM This is a new blank gateway, no upgrade from 79 or GWBK restore. I’m doing the most basic of tasks, added DB connection, connected to an AB CPX, added 3 tags, historize and chart them. On day 1 of the install, the desig… ---
**Author:** ![yifeiliu08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbe5ce/32.png) [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/6 "2022-07-13T08:16:25Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/2/d22b3d74b31788fa1655f2eb65ff13f851007ad1.png) I use IP , if my designer in vision never have issue , but when Perspective it have a big chance lost connection even when I open the designer on the ignition server ---
**Author:** ![Graham\_Dewdney1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Graham\_Dewdney1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Graham_Dewdney1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-14-designer-will-lost-connection/61711/7 "2024-05-04T20:54:32Z")
I'm having similar DNS issues at the moment - at home, so I've got no 'IT support' to help - something is causing my Gateway Ubuntu VM to stop resolving every 2 to 3 hours. The cause of the issue is obviously mine to correct, but what's annoying is that Perspective designer throws up 'connection lost' errors every second and floods the system with message boxes that I can't get rid of. Is there anything that can be done to reduce the flood of messages???