---
title: "system.gui.openDiagnostics"
description: "Opens the client runtime diagnostics window, which provides information regarding performance, logging, active threads, connection status, and the console."
---

# system.gui.openDiagnostics

> Opens the client runtime diagnostics window, which provides information regarding performance, logging, active threads, connection status, and the console.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
Opens the Client runtime Diagnostics window, which provides information regarding performance, logging, active threads, connection status, and the console. This provides an opportunity to open the Diagnostics window in situations where the menu bar in the client is hidden, and the keyboard shortcut (**Ctrl** + **Shift** + **F7**) can not be used.

## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](../../../ignition-modules/vision/vision-project-properties/vision-project-properties.md#vision-permissions-properties) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.gui.openDiagnostics()`

### Parameters
Nothing

### Returns
Nothing

### Scope
Vision Client

## Code Example
```python title="Opening Diagnostics Window"
# Opens the diagnostics window in a running client
system.gui.openDiagnostics()
```