# Ignition\[state=STARTING\] ContextState = FAULTED

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-state-starting-contextstate-faulted/37799>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-state-starting-contextstate-faulted/37799 "2020-08-17T11:02:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/karl/32/16111_2.png) [@Karl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Karl)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-state-starting-contextstate-faulted/37799/1 "2020-08-17T11:02:06Z")

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Tried to Restart the Backup server over the weekend, and it faulted. Here is what I think is the relevent portion of the Wrapper log.  
Any help would be appreciated.

INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:38 | I [AuditManager] [09:27:38]: AuditManager starting up…  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | E [IgnitionGateway] [09:27:39]: Error during context startup.  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: value already present: 01-DDC-4.12A  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.google.common.collect.HashBiMap.put(HashBiMap.java:287)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.google.common.collect.HashBiMap.put(HashBiMap.java:262)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.opc.ConnectionMap.addConnection(ConnectionMap.java:53)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.opc.OpcConnectionManagerImpl.addAllServers(OpcConnectionManagerImpl.java:139)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.opc.OpcConnectionManagerImpl.startup(OpcConnectionManagerImpl.java:83)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.startupInternal(IgnitionGateway.java:1068)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.redundancy.RedundancyManagerImpl.startup(RedundancyManagerImpl.java:283)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.initRedundancy(IgnitionGateway.java:697)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.lambda$initInternal$0(IgnitionGateway.java:635)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$ThrowableCatchingRunnable.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:518)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)  
INFO | jvm 1 | 2020/08/17 05:27:39 | I [IgnitionGateway] [09:27:39]: Ignition[state=STARTING] ContextState = FAULTED

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**Author:** ![YF129701](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/yf129701/32/60498_2.png) [@YF129701](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YF129701)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-state-starting-contextstate-faulted/37799/2 "2022-12-20T04:18:29Z")

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Running into the same issue upgrading from 8.1.20 to 8.1.23. Do you remember what you did to resolve this?