# Client not starting

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, ignition81\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369 "2022-02-21T15:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/1 "2022-02-21T15:38:52Z")

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having a client that isn’t wanting to start this morning.

The client displays a popup that looks like this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/4/c46d174084845514d31ab15dced165ab052430d9.png)

The last error in the launch error text file is:

```auto
Launch failed on step "StartupStep" with error:
java.net.ConnectException: Address already in use: no further information
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl.send(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientFacade.send(Unknown Source)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.runtime.ClientLaunchHook.downloadProjectInitDescriptor(ClientLaunchHook.java:444)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.runtime.ClientLaunchHook.setup(ClientLaunchHook.java:226)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.launch.steps.StartupStep.run(StartupStep.java:108)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.launch.AbstractStepRunner.run(AbstractStepRunner.java:33)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Address already in use: no further information
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.common.Utils.toConnectException(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.PlainHttpConnection$ConnectEvent.handle(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl$SelectorManager.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl$SelectorManager.lambda$run$3(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.http/jdk.internal.net.http.HttpClientImpl$SelectorManager.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: no further information
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.checkConnect(Native Method)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.finishConnect(Unknown Source)
	... 5 more

```

Any ideas? This is a kiosk type of client, so at the moment no rush.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/2 "2022-02-22T18:48:45Z")

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What’s the host OS? It’s weird to see port exhaustion on an _outgoing_ connection; maybe run `lsof` or `netstat` (depending on your OS) to see what applications are bound to which ports and which ports are available?

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/3 "2022-02-22T19:06:21Z")

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Windoze 10.

What port am I looking for? 8088?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/4 "2022-02-22T19:13:01Z")

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Well, that’s the thing that’s so weird. We’re just making an outbound HTTP request to the gateway address to download some Vision-related launch settings. It shouldn’t be tied to a specific port _on the client side_.

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**Author:** ![kazaar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kazaar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kazaar)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/5 "2023-03-01T16:49:05Z")

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I have the same problem.  
Did you find the solution

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-not-starting/56369/6 "2023-03-01T17:01:23Z")

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I honestly don't remember what we did to fix it. Sorry.