# The connection to the gateway is not available

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-connection-to-the-gateway-is-not-available/70721>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-connection-to-the-gateway-is-not-available/70721 "2023-03-07T12:58:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@Amol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Amol)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-connection-to-the-gateway-is-not-available/70721/1 "2023-03-07T12:58:19Z")

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WhenI am opening designer I am getting the error mentioned in the log.  
The gateway is although working fine.

How to fixt his?

**logs**

> Blockquote  
> com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayException: The connection to the gateway is not available.  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.PriviledgedDesignerTask$GatewayMessageTask.canRun(PriviledgedDesignerTask.java:450)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.PriviledgedDesignerTask.run(PriviledgedDesignerTask.java:161)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.PriviledgedDesignerTask.runTask(PriviledgedDesignerTask.java:146)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.DTGatewayInterface.run(DTGatewayInterface.java:63)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.DTGatewayInterface.run(DTGatewayInterface.java:58)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gateway.DTGatewayInterface.getDatasources(DTGatewayInterface.java:114)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.DatasourceComboBox.getOptions(DatasourceComboBox.java:38)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.AbstractProfileOptionDropdown.refresh(AbstractProfileOptionDropdown.java:143)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.util.gui.AbstractProfileOptionDropdown.(AbstractProfileOptionDropdown.java:72)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.DatasourceComboBox.(DatasourceComboBox.java:30)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.DatasourceComboBox.(DatasourceComboBox.java:26)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.model.controls.ConfigDatasourceComboBox.(ConfigDatasourceComboBox.java:22)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.panels.MultiselectActionPanel.initComponents(MultiselectActionPanel.java:74)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.panels.MultiselectActionPanel.(MultiselectActionPanel.java:37)  
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)  
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.model.TabDefinition.instantiateComponent(TabDefinition.java:70)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.views.WorkspaceView.loadWorkspace(WorkspaceView.java:117)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.views.WorkspaceView.updateWorkspace(WorkspaceView.java:105)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.GroupResourceWorkspace.(GroupResourceWorkspace.java:130)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.factorysql.designer.FSQLDesignerModuleHook.startup(FSQLDesignerModuleHook.java:220)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$LoadedModule.startup(IgnitionDesigner.java:1934)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.startupModule(IgnitionDesigner.java:1174)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.lambda$loadProject$9(IgnitionDesigner.java:995)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.accept(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(Unknown Source)  
> at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(Unknown Source)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.loadProject(IgnitionDesigner.java:994)  
> at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$StartupProjectDialogHandler.lambda$new$2(IgnitionDesigner.java:1998)  
> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-connection-to-the-gateway-is-not-available/70721/2 "2023-03-08T18:57:53Z")

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Can you access the gateway via the webpage?