# Any way to preserve login status after a gateway restore?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-preserve-login-status-after-a-gateway-restore/103585>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-preserve-login-status-after-a-gateway-restore/103585 "2025-03-12T16:27:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-preserve-login-status-after-a-gateway-restore/103585/1 "2025-03-12T16:27:16Z")

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I know this one's a bit of a long shot, but I'm doing some testing that requires me to restore gateway backups pretty often, and needing to relogin every time is an annoying step. Any way around that without setting up my own IDP?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-preserve-login-status-after-a-gateway-restore/103585/2 "2025-03-12T16:33:15Z")

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No. The gateway restart kills all of its live state.

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**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-preserve-login-status-after-a-gateway-restore/103585/3 "2025-03-12T16:33:53Z")

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Dang, thanks anyway