# On Gateway Restart, all active alarms return to Un-Acknowledged **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-gateway-restart-all-active-alarms-return-to-un-acknowledged/82192 "2023-11-21T13:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nate\_Lobik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Nate\_Lobik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nate_Lobik)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-gateway-restart-all-active-alarms-return-to-un-acknowledged/82192/1 "2023-11-21T13:22:09Z")
I am noticing that whenever I restart the gateway, every active alarm becomes un-acknowledged even if it had been acknowledged prior to the restart. Is there a tag or alarm configuration setting that I am missing here that would stop this from happening? Haven't been able to find any documentation on this or past forum posts. Any help would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Eklund](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ben_eklund/32/40758_2.png) [@Ben\_Eklund](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ben_Eklund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/on-gateway-restart-all-active-alarms-return-to-un-acknowledged/82192/2 "2023-11-22T18:57:20Z")
Hi @Nate_Lobik, On the Gateway you can visit **Config \> Alarming \> General** to see some of the global alarm config settings. One of these is "Continuous Event Detection Window" which I believe is involved with retaining alarm events through a Gateway restart. For Ignition 8.1 this is documented here: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+General+Alarm+Properties](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+General+Alarm+Properties)