# zoom.joinSession returning null

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-joinsession-returning-null/92667>\
**Category:** React Native\
**Created:** [July 31, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-joinsession-returning-null/92667 "2023-07-31T10:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/paras/32/47403_2.png) [@paras](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/paras)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-joinsession-returning-null/92667/1 "2023-07-31T10:45:39Z")

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**Description**  
Recently updated to zoom video SDK version to 1.7.5 on react-native  
Able to fully update the SDK but zoom.joinSession() is returning null and doesn’t emit to the app that the session has been started  
where as on the other side the session starts and camera from the mobile side starts

**Errors**  
EventType.onSessionJoin  
doesn’t emits

**Which React Native Video SDK version?**  
Version no 1.7.5 upgraded from 1.5.3

**Video SDK Code Snippets**

```auto
 const session = await zoom.joinSession({
        sessionName: sessionName,
        sessionPassword: sessionKey,
        token: signature,
        userName: userName,
        audioOptions: {
          connect: true,
          mute: true
        },
        videoOptions: {
          localVideoOn: true
        },
        sessionIdleTimeoutMins: 20
      });
      console.log(session);

```

**To Reproduce(If applicable)**  
Join session

**Smartphone (please complete the following information):**

- iPhone and Android
- Android 13 and iOS 16.4
- RN version 0.71.6

**Additional context**  
on the above code snippet, the log of session is null

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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:** [August 30, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-joinsession-returning-null/92667/2 "2023-08-30T10:46:11Z")

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