# Status node refresh on startup

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-refresh-on-startup/35360>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [5 November 2020 08:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-refresh-on-startup/35360 "2020-11-05T08:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmibell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/drmibell/32/8424_2.png) [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2020 16:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/status-node-refresh-on-startup/35360/7 "2020-11-05T16:24:08Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
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> it is entirely possible the Status node has not been started yet, or that any of the nodes connected to the Status node have not yet been started.

This question has come up a few times [before](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-the-initial-status-of-nodes/22162) and in connection with [other nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/serial-status-node-on-boot-start/5419) as well, and I think the issue is what Nick describes. My guess is that if there were an easy fix for this in the runtime, it would already have been done.

For the `gate `node in particular, the status is set before any input is received, and I recall either @knolleary or @dceejay having checked the code and given it a clean bill of health, although I can't find the post at the moment.

I have a kluge you can try while I implement a workaround. You can replace the `gate` node with the [q-gate](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-queue-gate) node, which operates in essentially the same way if you ignore its queueing functions. One difference, however, is that I recently added a `status` command to `q-gate` that causes the node to refresh its status. If you connect the node to an `inject` node that sends the `status` command on startup with a short delay, you should have the flow fully deployed and the `status` node ready to accept input. I happen to be working on a bug-fix release of the `gate` node, and I should be able to add the `status` command and publish it in a few days.

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