# Ray.init ignore\_reinit\_error=True doesn't seem to work for ray client

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-init-ignore-reinit-error-true-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-ray-client/6148>\
**Category:** Ray Core\
**Created:** [May 16, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-init-ignore-reinit-error-true-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-ray-client/6148 "2022-05-16T02:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![marsupialtail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/marsupialtail/32/1950_2.png) [@marsupialtail](https://discuss.ray.io/u/marsupialtail)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-init-ignore-reinit-error-true-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-ray-client/6148/1 "2022-05-16T02:23:35Z")

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**How severe does this issue affect your experience of using Ray?**

- Medium: It contributes to significant difficulty to complete my task, but I can work around it.

when I am using ray.init() from a client to connect to a ray cluster, even when I pass in the ignore\_reinit\_error=True argument, it returns: RuntimeError: Ray Client is already connected. Maybe you called ray.init(“ray://”) twice by accident?

Is this expected behavior?

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**Author:** ![ericl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/ericl/32/133_2.png) [@ericl](https://discuss.ray.io/u/ericl)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-init-ignore-reinit-error-true-doesnt-seem-to-work-for-ray-client/6148/2 "2022-05-17T21:25:21Z")

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Thanks for reporting this, I’ve filed a GitHub bug here: [[client] Ray.init ignore\_reinit\_error=True doesn’t seem to work for ray client · Issue #24888 · ray-project/ray · GitHub](https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/24888)