# How to tell if a session is the designer in Perspective

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition80\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125 "2021-10-19T17:19:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125/9 "2023-10-13T16:06:28Z")

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@cmallonee, this also happens _without_ a gateway restart. I just observed it happen on Designer reconnect after being offline for a while due to VPN disconnection. `session.device.type` showed `designer` (correct) until the Designer reconnected to gateway, and then switched to `browser` (incorrect). Gateway hasn't been restarted for a month:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c51e922be363216caf82e6d0e07d115ee05adc4b.png)  
Designer was online yesterday. This doesn't seem to happen on all brief connection losses, but does happen enough to be annoying--especially when working with multiple Designers open that all need a restart to correct this.

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