# trace recorder and Reset Session

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227 "2018-06-21T23:28:13Z")
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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/1 "2018-06-21T23:28:16Z")

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I have a user that is trying to process numerous datasets in a loop in Python. He wants to Reset Session at the bottom of every loop, before reading another dataset in. The trace for Reset Session isn’t being recorded. What is the Python to do this?

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### Author: ![ChriWiChris](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/chriwichris/32/111_2.png) [@ChriWiChris](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ChriWiChris)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/2 "2018-06-22T10:27:21Z")

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Hi,

I think paraview.simple.Delete() should work. However, I didn’t see the memory consumption go down in version 5.2.0.

Regards

Chris

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/3 "2018-06-22T15:17:44Z")

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This sequence should work if you are using the built-in server:

```auto
Disconnect()
Connect()

```

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/4 "2018-06-25T04:04:44Z")

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Hmmm…

I believe my user is using pvbatch, in parallel. Would that work?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/5 "2018-06-25T14:59:53Z")

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Well… no, it will disconnect the remote server.

I’m working on a fix for [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18261](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18261). Should have something today. There isn’t a code snippet that you can easily use for now, I’m afraid.

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recorder-and-reset-session/227/6 "2018-06-25T20:49:04Z")

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The fix in the merge request cited above has been merged and will be available in ParaView 5.6 this fall.