# Unable to retrieve edit lock for resource error

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096 "2020-02-10T14:17:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![AFULLER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/afuller/32/7931_2.png) [@AFULLER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AFULLER)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/1 "2020-02-10T14:17:40Z")

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Restarted the gateway and rebooted the server, still have the "unable to retrieve edit lock for resource error " any ideas?

Many thanks!

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**Author:** ![martinel3746](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martinel3746](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martinel3746)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/2 "2020-02-10T19:20:27Z")

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The Status / Designers page on the Gateway will give you a little more detail about the workstation and the project that has the resource locked.  
Is EINKCIAS01 the name of your server?  
The IP Address 127.0.0.1 indicates that it might be.  
Is Designer configured for auto-start on the server?

Once you get this solved, I recommend stop using the “admin” account for anything and change the “password”. Use individual user accounts, even if you are the one and only user on your gateway.

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**Author:** ![AFULLER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/afuller/32/7931_2.png) [@AFULLER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AFULLER)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/3 "2020-02-10T19:38:24Z")

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We are running a test with a local system.

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**Author:** ![AFULLER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/afuller/32/7931_2.png) [@AFULLER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AFULLER)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/4 "2020-02-10T19:40:34Z")

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This is on a test CPU on a desktop, the only way to rid the error was to delete the report and add it from a saved project. The restart/reboot/etc. did not work. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JGJohnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jgjohnson/32/29582_2.png) [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/5 "2020-02-10T20:17:16Z")

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Have you clicked on the Update Project/Merge Changes button in your designer?

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**Author:** ![AFULLER](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/afuller/32/7931_2.png) [@AFULLER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AFULLER)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096/6 "2020-02-10T20:47:07Z")

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Yes.