# What "Node was asked for child 1 while status=LOADING" mean?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398 "2025-10-13T15:05:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielps1818](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398/1 "2025-10-13T15:05:28Z")

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While doing this:

> **Code**
>
> ```python
> def delete_empty_folders():
> 
> folders_list = system.tag.browse(
> path = "[" + conf.default_uns + "]",
> filter = {'tagType': 'Folder', 'recursive': True}
> )
> 
> again = True
> while again:
> 	
> again = False
> 
> for folder in folders_list:
> # If is an empty folder
> if (not folder.get("hasChildren")
> and folder.get("name") != "_types_"):
> 
> # We should scan all the folders again
> again = True
> system.tag.deleteTags([
> folder.get("fullPath").toString()
> ])
> 
> folders_list = system.tag.browse(
> path = "[" + conf.default_uns + "]",
> filter = {'tagType': 'Folder', 'recursive': True}
> )
> 
> return
> 
> ```

I got this warnings:

```python
15:01:16.074 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.tree.node.AbstractBrowseNode -- Node[New Folder] was asked for child 1 while status=LOADING.
15:01:31.160 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.tree.node.AbstractBrowseNode -- Node[ForTestRemove] was asked for child 2 while status=LOADING.
15:02:19.701 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.tree.node.AbstractBrowseNode -- Node[New Folder] was asked for child 2 while status=LOADING.
15:02:19.704 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.tree.node.AbstractBrowseNode -- Node[ForTestRemove] was asked for child 2 while status=LOADING.

```

Any idea?

Even when using time.sleep(5) the warnings pop up.

Thx in advance!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398/2 "2025-10-13T17:15:04Z")

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This is indicating a concurrency/race issue in the designer's tag browser, not something you're doing wrong. It's not ideal, but it's not causing any harm.