# Duplicate participants when refreshing

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-participants-when-refreshing/32578>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-participants-when-refreshing/32578 "2020-10-08T09:59:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mehdi.rouis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/mehdi.rouis/32/16685_2.png) [@mehdi.rouis](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/mehdi.rouis)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-participants-when-refreshing/32578/1 "2020-10-08T09:59:31Z")

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**Description**  
When I refresh the meeting page, Zoom think that I’m new in meeting and I need to be admitted on the meeting.  
If I’m the host and then I refresh, I lose my host status, the host is declared like already on the meeting.  
And to join another meeting, I have to go on my [zoom.us](http://zoom.us) account, my meetings et stop manually the meeting.  
It’s juste horrible.

**Which version?**  
1.8.1

**To Reproduce(If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to the meeting
2. Refresh your page
3. Look at participants

**Screenshots**

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/e/6e6c12266dcb4ddc8eeff632280e7576fcf21aa1.png)

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-participants-when-refreshing/32578/2 "2020-10-09T16:29:39Z")

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Hey @mehdi.rouis,

Thanks for reaching out about this, and happy to clarify.

To that end, I should note that if you refresh your browser, Zoom considers this a disconnect event—which is why you’re noticing this behavior which is expected. When you rejoin the session after the page has finished reloading, the older user sessions may appear for a few minutes, but these will be disappear shortly thereafter to reflect the new status of participants.

I hope this helps to clarify!  
-Will

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/duplicate-participants-when-refreshing/32578/3 "2020-11-09T02:29:48Z")

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Closed on November 9, 2020, 2:29am UTC

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