# Relay Node Status goes back to "starting..."

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561>\
**Category:** Setup a Stake Pool\
**Created:** [22 April 2021 23:42 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561 "2021-04-22T23:42:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![supraboostsd619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@supraboostsd619](https://forum.cardano.org/u/supraboostsd619)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2021 23:42 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/1 "2021-04-22T23:42:48Z")

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I have the stake pool running in the cloud successfully registered and getting processed TX but relay node randomly goes back to “starting…”. This usually happens after the topologyupdater.sh runs. Is this a problem?

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**Author:** ![DavidNC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/davidnc/32/31486_2.png) [@DavidNC](https://forum.cardano.org/u/DavidNC)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 01:05 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/2 "2021-04-23T01:05:59Z")

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What is your CPU and RAM on the problem relay? Does restarting it help?

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**Author:** ![supraboostsd619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@supraboostsd619](https://forum.cardano.org/u/supraboostsd619)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 01:20 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/3 "2021-04-23T01:20:11Z")

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Its the 2nd tier on digital ocean with 2vcpu and 4gb of RAM. It syncs backup after leaving it alone for a few minutes. Glive loses connection though.

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**Author:** ![supraboostsd619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@supraboostsd619](https://forum.cardano.org/u/supraboostsd619)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 16:49 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/4 "2021-04-23T16:49:20Z")

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The issue still persists, my relay node stops syncing and gLive loses connection. When the topology updater runs I get “Invalid Block No”… Do we restart both BP and relay node every time topology updater runs? Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![supraboostsd619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@supraboostsd619](https://forum.cardano.org/u/supraboostsd619)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 17:24 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/5 "2021-04-23T17:24:41Z")

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I am get this from topology updater:

cardano-cli: Network.Socket.connect: \<socket: 11\>: does not exist (No such file or directory){ “resultcode”: “502”, “datetime”:“2021-04-23 17:23:24”, “clientIp”: “143.198.78.29”, “msg”: “invalid blockNo ” }

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**Author:** ![Triton-pool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@Triton-pool](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Triton-pool)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 18:10 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/6 "2021-04-23T18:10:58Z")

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That messsge means your node is not synced. Your hw specs may not be sufficient. Upgrading to 8GB Ram should solve the issue. My nodes consistently use 5-6GB.

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**Author:** ![supraboostsd619](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@supraboostsd619](https://forum.cardano.org/u/supraboostsd619)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2021 20:44 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-status-goes-back-to-starting/58561/7 "2021-04-23T20:44:12Z")

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Thank you Triton-pool that seems to have solved the issue. Nodes are synced and is processing TX. Thanks again!