# Bug from 8.1 persists in 8.3

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-from-8-1-persists-in-8-3/107498>\
**Category:** Ignition 8.3 Early Access\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-from-8-1-persists-in-8-3/107498 "2025-06-17T22:55:15Z")\
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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:** [June 17, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-from-8-1-persists-in-8-3/107498/1 "2025-06-17T22:55:15Z")

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> [@\[bug?\] importing perspective projects in 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-importing-perspective-projects-in-8-1/107497):
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> Attempting to import a project ZIP that's a subset of a valid gateway backup gives me java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to create folder path, found non-folder in the way at 'com.inductiveautomation.perspective/views/Views' at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.project.DesignerProjectTreeImpl.insertFolders(DesignerProjectTreeImpl.java:263) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.project.DesignerProjectTreeImpl.insertAllLocalParentFolders(DesignerProjectTreeImpl.java:224) …

i've confirmed this same deeply weird behavior happens in 8.1 as well as 8.3, btw