# Ignition 8.1 Transaction Group Fails sometimes

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-transaction-group-fails-sometimes/42640>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision, ignition80\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-transaction-group-fails-sometimes/42640 "2021-01-26T22:36:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-transaction-group-fails-sometimes/42640/1 "2021-01-26T22:36:36Z")

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Is there a way to see why the transaction failed? I use the ‘Write handshake on failure’ feature but that doesn’t actually tell me why the transaction failed. Any ideas for error catching?