Title: Critical Issue: Active PHP session Last modified: September 11, 2020 --- # Critical Issue: Active PHP session * Resolved [kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/) * (@kalim99) * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/) * I am receiving this notice in WordPress health page. I am using latest WordPress version. * “A PHP session was created by a session_start() function call. This interferes with REST API and loopback requests. The session should be closed by session_write_close() before making any HTTP requests.” * When i deactivate the plugin error goes away. Please provide the solution. Thanks. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Yeison Baron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeisonbp/) * (@yeisonbp) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13397533) * Hi [@kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/), * Could you confirm us if you are only using the core plugin or if you have any of the add-ons installed? You can also share us the debug.log file messages to send this to the developers. * Thanks. * Thread Starter [kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/) * (@kalim99) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13399024) * Hi, * I am only using the core version. After that error i deactivated the plugin and reactivated next day and the error was gone. I don’t know the log file’s location. But on advanced tab my log location is set to default. If you need log file please tell me the location so i can show it to you. Right now there is no log file inside wp-content folder. May be because of define( ‘WP_DEBUG_LOG’, false ); * Thanks. * Thread Starter [kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/) * (@kalim99) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13403259) * An update. Error came back. I am running php 7.4 version. For now i have disabled the plugin. Please advice. * Thanks. * Plugin Author [Yeison Baron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeisonbp/) * (@yeisonbp) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13405759) * Hi [@kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/), * There should not be any visible issue doe to this issue, but if you see any visible issue, please let us know. You can find the debug.log file by following the next guide: * – [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/) * Regards. * Thread Starter [kalim99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalim99/) * (@kalim99) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13406585) * Hi, * My current finding are after activating plugin. * 1. Slower website speed 2. Database connection issues 3. Savings are disabled( in the dashboard) Error * Here is my debug.log file * [debug.log](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDk4JpqAPuA6NLZuQde3KsAB5Lp9z0Vd/view?usp=sharing) * Thanks. * [Jack – BNFW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/) * (@voltronik) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13438210) * I’m having this issue too. Searched through all my plugins to look for `session_start()`, then began deactivating each plugin that used the function. Narrowed it down to Awesome Support being the culprit. * Was using the Auto-close, EDD, and Power Pack add-ons but the issue is still present when all Awesome Support add-ons are deactivated. * The issue seems to stem from your inclusion of [WP Session Manager](https://github.com/ericmann/wp-session-manager), which hasn’t been updated for 2-years. * Plugin Author [Yeison Baron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeisonbp/) * (@yeisonbp) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13461461) * Hi [@voltronik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voltronik/), * Thanks for this information. I sent it to the developers so that they can check the latest version of the WP Session Manager and/or what it’s needed to be done to fix this issue. * [dnivrave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnivrave/) * (@dnivrave) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13481166) * Yes this issue is still there even after latest update * I think Awesome Support has some incompatibility when hosted on a windows server. Is there a known issue when hosting on a windows server? like any loopback issue? becasue of a windows server everything runs very slow as compared to a web linux server. when installed on a windows server…I contacted two different experts on this and they both have pointed out the same issue that the developer has to look at some scripts – Is awesome support running cron jobs every minute or is there any other issue if Awesome Support is run on a windows server it works very slow - This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [dnivrave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnivrave/). * Plugin Author [Yeison Baron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeisonbp/) * (@yeisonbp) * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13501111) * Hi [@dnivrave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnivrave/), * I replied you in the other topic about this specific issue so I will continue there. * Regarding the other error messages, With the latest update some clients confirmed that this issue was fixed so I will close this topic. If you have any other question, please open a new ticket. * Regards. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Critical Issue: Active PHP session’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/awesome-support/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1849681) * [Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-support/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-support/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/awesome-support/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/awesome-support/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/awesome-support/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/awesome-support/reviews/) * 9 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Yeison Baron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeisonbp/) * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-issue-active-php-session-2/#post-13501111) * Status: resolved