{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/281","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/281/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/281/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/281/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/281","id":139107654,"number":281,"title":"Couldn't connect to the node, did it crash in the background? - Unable to tell if password issue","user":{"login":"joshuad31","id":5976059,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5976059?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31","html_url":"https://github.com/joshuad31","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joshuad31/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2016-03-07T21:58:13Z","updated_at":"2016-05-04T03:45:48Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When I attempt to send a transaction it says:\r\n**CONFIRMING...**\r\nThen I get this error:\r\n![password](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5976059/13584677/4869ab86-e47d-11e5-9624-ebb03fffd6e6.jpg)\r\n\r\nCouldn't connect to the node, did it crash in the background?\r\nPrompts me again for my password.  Unable to tell if this issue is caused by it not recognizing my password but node does not crash.\r\nWhat does \"couldn't connect to the node\" mean?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/comments/216734617","html_url":"https://github.com/ethereum/mist/issues/281#issuecomment-216734617","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ethereum/mist/issues/281","id":216734617,"user":{"login":"radekradekradek","id":17460038,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17460038?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek","html_url":"https://github.com/radekradekradek","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/radekradekradek/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-04T03:45:48Z","updated_at":"2016-05-04T03:45:48Z","body":"Hi, \r\n\r\nI'm on version 0.7.2 and i'm having the same issue. Using geth directly on dos does work though, just not through the Mist UI. \r\n\r\nI'm also on Windows 8.1. \r\n\r\nThanks in advance, \r\nradek^3"}}