# Empty config if resuming run

**URL:** <https://community.wandb.ai/t/empty-config-if-resuming-run/8315>\
**Category:** W&B Help\
**Created:** [November 5, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/empty-config-if-resuming-run/8315 "2024-11-05T12:52:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![wazzup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@wazzup](https://community.wandb.ai/u/wazzup)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/empty-config-if-resuming-run/8315/1 "2024-11-05T12:52:30Z")

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Hi,  
Since today I’m getting an empty config back when trying to resume a run via

```auto
    common_args = dict(project=cli_args.wandb_project,
                       group=cli_args.wandb_group,
                       entity=cli_args.wandb_entity,
                       sync_tensorboard=True,
                       monitor_gym=False,
                       mode="online",)
    
      wandb.init(id=cli_args.resume_id,
                   resume="must",
                   **common_args)
print(wandb.config)

```

This just returns an empty dict. I’ve checked that the run exists, wandb.run.url returns the right id, and other information of the run object, such as wandb.run.step are correct. Online I can also see the config values. Any ideas what the issue might be? Any issues on the backend not returning the values? I’ve used this exact code for a long time without any problems.

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**Author:** ![wazzup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ec9cab/32.png) [@wazzup](https://community.wandb.ai/u/wazzup)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/empty-config-if-resuming-run/8315/2 "2024-11-05T16:29:51Z")

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This seems to be happening from v18 onwards. It seems the backend delivers the data in a different format, such that the function `dict_no_value_from_proto_list` then does not convert the config values to a dict anymore. Frustratingly, this seems to also happen with new runs that I log with wandb==0.18.5

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: sorry for cross-posting. I now realized that there is a github repo and opened this as a bug report: [[Bug]: Resuming runs returns empty dict for wandb.config · Issue #8771 · wandb/wandb · GitHub](https://github.com/wandb/wandb/issues/8771)