Designer not showing perspective options for 8.1 project on side panel

Ignition 8.3 Early Access
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I'm trying to open the 8.1 samplequickstart project in the designer and not seeing the perspective tab in the sidebar

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Here's the logs:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.util.Optional com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.JxBrowserUtil.getOrCreateEngine(com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.launch.LaunchContext, com.teamdev.jxbrowser.engine.RenderingMode, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)'
	at com.inductiveautomation.perspective.designer.DesignerHook.startup(DesignerHook.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$LoadedModule.startup(IgnitionDesigner.java:2003)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.startupModule(IgnitionDesigner.java:1200)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.loadProject(IgnitionDesigner.java:1003)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$StartupProjectDialogHandler.lambda$new$2(IgnitionDesigner.java:2047)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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that prooooobably shouldn't fail silently if it fails

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You've upgraded incorrectly somehow; NoSuchMethodError indicates a mismatch between the expected JxBrowser API we've compiled against and the actual dependency jar you've gotten.

Do your Perspective module and base Ignition build dates align?

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How do I check those?

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I just tried using the 'download designer launcher' from my installed ignition 8.3 build and observed the same issue

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First, check the modules page (/app/platform/system/modules) and the build version there - make sure it lines up with the version from whatever installer you last used.

Then to verify JxBrowser you need to check the filesystem directly. In $installDirectory/lib/opt/jxbrowser there'll be a bunch of versioned jars per platform, which should all be 8.5.0.

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All my modules look like they have the same version, (b2025041016), and all my JARs are 8.5.0

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I can upgrade this evening and let y'all know if the issue persists

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Upgrading running the ignition installer didn't fix it, but manually installing the modl file did. Weird

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Might be an issue with the version detection logic in 8.3, since they're both "dev" versions, so maybe the installer didn't properly nuke/replace the old version. For now I'll chalk it up to that.

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makes sense -- maybe note that in the deployables thread?