This is weird. This is the 2nd time it happen. My all my custom session variable got deleted somehow.. HOW, WHY??? I am on 8.3.* Hope someone can shed a light on this. Thank you.

Long-standing problem, typically triggered by VPNs or RDP. [image] [IGN-12538]Custom Session Properties Gone Ignition This is the second time this has happened to me where my custom session properties are gone. I had approx. 20 of them and at some point they j…

Thanks for fast response. This is worst than a nightmare. Sorry for duplicate post.. Solution put up a Docker Container restore backup Designer export "Session Props" Designer import Designer Save and Exit Relaunch Designer

[image] Eugene49: Solution You can also just copy the session props file from the gwbk and paste it over the one in the file system in production, then issue a project file system scan from script or Web portal. Then update project from the designer to pull in the changes

[image] pturmel: I've never bumped into it on Linux. This is interesting. Do you suspect the issue is OS dependent, browser dependent, or local security dependent?

I would suspect variations in the JRE across platforms, but I really don't know. Keep in mind that by "Linux", I mean my workstation that runs my designers is Linux on bare metal. The designer is not virtualized in any way, and is trusted to directly connect to the network.

I have, but it's only been when connected to a client system remotely via a vpn.

Interesting, because I make heavy use of VPNs with my clients.

I experienced session properties disappearing quite often with Windows. The interesting part - it only seemed to happen while connected to a VPN (even though the Ignition server and Designer were on the same Windows device). I use git to revert the changes but sometimes it just happens constantly …

[image] nminchin: You can also just copy the session props file from the gwbk and paste it over the one in the file system in production, then issue a project file system scan from script or Web portal. Then update project from the designer to pull in the changes This is very welcome.

um. what in the world is session params: [image] When saving, i got an error saying Session "something" cannot be saved.. [image] [image] I told to myself "This is it again". So i opened another designer hoping Session Custom Props still there. Yup, glad still there. But saw this "Session Pa…

Session Properties Gone

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pturmel August 24, 2026, 8:50pm 2

Long-standing problem, typically triggered by VPNs or RDP.

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Oh, and I've never bumped into it on Linux. FWIW.