# Seed Phrase Not Generating

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/seed-phrase-not-generating/5786>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/seed-phrase-not-generating/5786 "2022-01-17T15:57:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![idontou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@idontou](https://community.umbrel.com/u/idontou)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/seed-phrase-not-generating/5786/1 "2022-01-17T15:57:43Z")

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I needed to restart my umbrel due to it being glitchy. Setting up the node won’t generate the 24-word seed phrase. It is just stuck with a loading wheel, and I cannot get past it. Even if I hit save later, it says “invalid seed length” Has anyone had this issue and knew how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![idontou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@idontou](https://community.umbrel.com/u/idontou)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/seed-phrase-not-generating/5786/2 "2022-01-17T15:58:17Z")

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It has been stuck here for an hour and I have tried resetting the power already

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**Author:** ![idontou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@idontou](https://community.umbrel.com/u/idontou)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/seed-phrase-not-generating/5786/3 "2022-01-17T16:37:21Z")

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Updated to the new version released today (v0.4.11) by reflashing the SD card and it generated the seed