# “ray start --head” succeed but "ray status" could not find any running ray instance

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-start-head-succeed-but-ray-status-could-not-find-any-running-ray-instance/6248>\
**Category:** Ray Clusters\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-start-head-succeed-but-ray-status-could-not-find-any-running-ray-instance/6248 "2022-05-24T17:02:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![cade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/cade/32/3837_2.png) [@cade](https://discuss.ray.io/u/cade)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-start-head-succeed-but-ray-status-could-not-find-any-running-ray-instance/6248/5 "2022-06-15T21:33:50Z")

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Hi @zyc-bit, I’m sorry I dropped this! Were you able to get past the issue? Is it related to your other more recent post [Ray dashboard can not start](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-dashboard-can-not-start/6430)?

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