From 1940e14adbf0ade093d386b0978ed0785060a49b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Benjamin=20=C3=85strand?=
 <112588563+benjaminastrand@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 17:58:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix/SK-1242 | Handle successful creation of session (#767)

---
 fedn/network/api/client.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fedn/network/api/client.py b/fedn/network/api/client.py
index aca36cbdc..344ae6453 100644
--- a/fedn/network/api/client.py
+++ b/fedn/network/api/client.py
@@ -645,10 +645,9 @@ def start_session(
             headers=self.headers,
         )
 
-        if id is None:
-            id = response.json()["session_id"]
-
         if response.status_code == 201:
+            if id is None:
+                id = response.json()["session_id"]
             response = requests.post(
                 self._get_url_api_v1("sessions/start"),
                 json={