# Vision Client Keeps Launching Additional Sessions **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [August 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111 "2025-08-22T14:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jesse.daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e36b37/32.png) [@jesse.daniels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jesse.daniels)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/1 "2025-08-22T14:21:03Z")
my Vision Clients “randomly” launch additional instances of the project. I haven’t been able to pin point what causes this, but before you know it, i have 3,4, maybe 5 instances open. Any ideas what would be causing this? There is nothing in my project or scripts that says to launch a new instance. This is happening across many projects in different gateways. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/2 "2025-08-22T14:24:32Z")
Are the end users actually getting new clients starting up? Or is it just showing in the gateway? If the latter, you should investigate your network connections. Breakage can cause existing clients to start new sessions. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/3 "2025-08-22T14:29:57Z")
Do you mean 3-5 new instances of the whole application, or 3-5 new sessions you're seeing on the backend/gateway? ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/4 "2025-08-22T14:31:57Z")
Or 3-5 new “windows” showing up but still part of the main process? When I do multiple monitor setups, each “window” for each monitor is a desktop and looks like another client in Windows cause there are additional icons in the toolbar, but they’re all part of the same process/session. ---
**Author:** ![jesse.daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e36b37/32.png) [@jesse.daniels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jesse.daniels)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/5 "2025-08-22T15:15:12Z")
I’m getting new additional instances of Vision Client Launcher (the Windows application), launching the same project on the client side. In the tray you see multiple instances of the application. Also I see the additions inside the gateway as additional clients connected. ---
**Author:** ![jesse.daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e36b37/32.png) [@jesse.daniels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jesse.daniels)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/6 "2025-08-22T18:24:13Z")
Only running one project, and one screen. I know what you are saying, if I get a pop up window or something, it shows another icon stacked in the taskbar, but these are unintentional new instances of the project launching. ---
**Author:** ![jesse.daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e36b37/32.png) [@jesse.daniels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jesse.daniels)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111/7 "2025-08-22T18:25:43Z")
Only one instance launches at a time. But my operators do not realize at a new instance has launched. We run the project fullscreen. So it goes un-noticed until we have a memory issue from too many sessions launched.