# License in use; no more activations allowed (code=4)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297 "2020-12-08T15:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![pievanovide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@pievanovide](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pievanovide)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297/1 "2020-12-08T15:23:24Z")

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Hi,

used maker for some moths now, but after my server froze, and I rebooted it, my license activation fails with error License in use; no more activations allowed (code=4).

How can this be undone?

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Pieter

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Kociolek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chris\_Kociolek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Kociolek)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297/2 "2023-01-03T09:33:23Z")

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Happening to me too. I’m able to delete the licence and re-issue a new one but why does this happen after a reboot. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297/3 "2023-01-03T13:18:50Z")

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Just wait for the lease to expire. Maker licenses are leases from IA's license server, renewed regularly. On Ignition shutdown, the lease is released deliberately so it is available on restart. But if the computer crashes, Ignition can't gracefully release the lease.

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297/4 "2023-01-03T15:33:58Z")

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> [@pturmel](#):
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> On Ignition shutdown, the lease is released deliberately so it is available on restart.

This is not the current behavior, though we're wanting to add this as an option during a graceful shutdown (to better facilitate auto-scaling scenarios, for example).

As it sits right now, when the leased activation session is created/renewed w/ IA license servers, the session is cached (for the associated 8-digit license key) and persisted to disk so it can be loaded/resumed on startup. @Chris_Kociolek, can you share more specifics about the installation of Maker that you have (OS/version, Ignition version, etc)?

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**Author:** ![Saad\_Shabbir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/saad_shabbir/32/60979_2.png) [@Saad\_Shabbir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Saad_Shabbir)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-in-use-no-more-activations-allowed-code-4/41297/5 "2024-04-17T08:15:56Z")

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People struggling with this error...Just ensure proper Date and TIme and TImezone of your PC.  
i installed a fresh windows and it had wrong time zone. i corrected it and everything works fine.

best of luck. 😊