# Syncing paused while plotting continues - Pulsar 0.6.13 on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Incentivized Testnet\ **Tags:** gemini, cli\ **Created:** [October 6, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969 "2023-10-06T19:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skylordafk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/skylordafk/32/1327_2.png) [@skylordafk](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/skylordafk)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/1 "2023-10-06T19:52:52Z")
Farmer synchronization has frozen on block 433,631 and will not make progress. After some time the farmer will stop attempting to sync and move on to plotting. There is no problem with plotting and the farmer shows that I have plotted 93.13 GB but it is only caught up to block 433,631. The error hasn’t been resolved by updating versions of Pulsar or by re-initializing the farmer and increasing the plot size from 50 → 100 GB. Can I resume syncing without wiping the plot? ![Syncing paused](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/subspace/original/2X/b/b77907576caf1fb8e9902641e0fb34bda10bbe76.png) ![syncing paused telemetry](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/subspace/original/2X/3/380a53263d98e446c315682992de2908a55dbebd.png) ![task manager sync paused](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/subspace/original/2X/8/8a6936196b58b05148408e6daaafd6660a9da2db.png) ---
**Author:** ![nazar-pc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nazar-pc/32/6_2.png) [@nazar-pc](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/nazar-pc)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/2 "2023-10-06T21:30:56Z")
@Parth something for you to look into. BTW, are you really on HDD or is it just Windows showing it that way? Because it is extremely unlikely to farm on HDD anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Parth](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/parth/32/533_2.png) [@Parth](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/Parth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/3 "2023-10-07T05:07:15Z")
Hmm. Strange. Can you send me last 1k lines of log? Would help us narrow down the issue. ---
**Author:** ![skylordafk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/skylordafk/32/1327_2.png) [@skylordafk](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/skylordafk)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/4 "2023-10-09T18:47:52Z")
> [@nazar-pc](#): > > BTW, are you really on HDD Unfortunately I am. Just testing the machine though while I wait for the SSD to ship in > [@Parth](#): > > Can you send me last 1k lines of log? Yes here are the logs from today: [1k lines for Parth - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/tSvtAXCh) ---
**Author:** ![nazar-pc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/nazar-pc/32/6_2.png) [@nazar-pc](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/nazar-pc)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/5 "2023-10-09T19:09:24Z")
> [@skylordafk](#): > > Unfortunately I am I wouldn’t bother testing then, it will not work, basically guaranteed. As to the actual issue, it is possible that might have hit [Node can't sync with the network · Issue #493 · paritytech/polkadot-sdk · GitHub](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/493) that is still not resolved. Eventually when new segment of history is archived you’ll be able to bypass that with sync from DSN, but until then you might be stuck. ---
**Author:** ![skylordafk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/skylordafk/32/1327_2.png) [@skylordafk](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/skylordafk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/6 "2023-10-12T18:06:32Z")
After replacing the HDD with an SSD, there was no difference. Even when I wiped the farm, it would not connect. But, I _was_ able to resume syncing by disabling the Microsoft Defender Firewall. I did not have that problem on another farm running Windows, so I’m not sure how that became relevant midway through syncing, or how it was possible for plotting to continue. ![firewall](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/subspace/original/2X/6/61a99cd65d4c797a6e589276c6423edc9a267d71.png) Either way, I’m glad that it works now. In hindsight, disabling the firewall should have been the first thing I checked 😂 ---
**Author:** ![skylordafk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.autonomys.xyz/skylordafk/32/1327_2.png) [@skylordafk](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/u/skylordafk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.autonomys.xyz/t/syncing-paused-while-plotting-continues-pulsar-0-6-13-on-windows/1969/7 "2023-10-13T17:33:11Z")