Title: Session Start Error
Last modified: January 23, 2022

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# Session Start Error

 *  Resolved [leninkster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leninkster/)
 * (@leninkster)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-4/)
 * Enabling CiviCRM Admin utilities creates an error in the WordPress site health
   screen.
 * Error is:
 * “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.”
 * I have checked the PHP code of the plugin and cannot find the session_start problem
   in the code, so it is likely to be something it calls out of sequence within 
   the code.
 * Deactivating removes the error in the site health screen. A performance inspection
   of the page load does not give any details as to what’s causing it.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsession-start-error-4%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Christian Wach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needle/)
 * (@needle)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-4/#post-15283736)
 * [@leninkster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leninkster/) This is not due
   to CiviCRM Admin Utilities but rather CiviCRM’s usage of sessions. It is a known
   false positive and is documented extensively here:
 * [https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/32](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/wordpress/-/issues/32)

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 * Last reply from: [Christian Wach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needle/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-start-error-4/#post-15283736)
 * Status: resolved