# Can't get my participation node to sync with the blockchain

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/cant-get-my-participation-node-to-sync-with-the-blockchain/3256>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/cant-get-my-participation-node-to-sync-with-the-blockchain/3256 "2021-05-10T01:03:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tsachi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.algorand.co/tsachi/32/29_2.png) [@tsachi](https://forum.algorand.co/u/tsachi)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/cant-get-my-participation-node-to-sync-with-the-blockchain/3256/10 "2021-06-30T19:00:58Z")

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We have tried to reproduce the issue, and unfortunately were not able to.

Could you please clean your data directory and start from scratch using 2.7.1 ?  
( we don’t take that issue lightly; but with a way to reproduce this issue, we won’t be able to triage/test/fix that issue )

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