# Error: Node is already allocated to a different external ID

**URL:** https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/error-node-is-already-allocated-to-a-different-external-id/9347
**Category:** UXP Developer Tool
**Tags:** uxp
**Created:** [February 14, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/error-node-is-already-allocated-to-a-different-external-id/9347 "2025-02-14T19:49:15Z")
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### Author: ![SweatersInSummer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/sweatersinsummer/32/4615_2.png) [@SweatersInSummer](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/SweatersInSummer)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/error-node-is-already-allocated-to-a-different-external-id/9347/1 "2025-02-14T19:49:15Z")

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After opening InDesign, my plugin is opening with an empty panel.

 ![c247ae3e-5d42-429a-8aaa-53d0d647ccc7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/xdplugins/original/2X/1/182d5fddddca6feeaf9bb8b581e86df00c214aba.png)

The UDT app logs show the following error:

 ![83cf2436-132f-403a-94aa-ce95d8464dee](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/xdplugins/original/2X/6/6c0127b6d1eed7a5f17fb52e8afed75d63de9572.png)

This doesn’t show up in the UDT `Load & Watch` operation, and i can’t test the dev environment since that unloads when InDesign is closed.

Disabling and Re-enabling the plugin in the CC app does fix it but thats not ideal.

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### Author: ![Karmalakas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/karmalakas/32/1048_2.png) [@Karmalakas](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Karmalakas)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/error-node-is-already-allocated-to-a-different-external-id/9347/2 "2025-02-14T20:03:24Z")

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Your images are behind a login

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### Author: ![SweatersInSummer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/sweatersinsummer/32/4615_2.png) [@SweatersInSummer](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/SweatersInSummer)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/error-node-is-already-allocated-to-a-different-external-id/9347/3 "2025-02-14T20:15:51Z")

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thanks for catching that, ive uploaded them this time.