From 7965960e467d7329c72ebf6ed1f73b260ab67605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: appleb_m <martin.appleby@psi.ch>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:09:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] DAQ: feeding a "fake" session rather than an empty one,
 before it gets populated. This may be causing issues.

---
 src/aare/daq/daq.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/aare/daq/daq.py b/src/aare/daq/daq.py
index 606d812e..f9d73072 100644
--- a/src/aare/daq/daq.py
+++ b/src/aare/daq/daq.py
@@ -1887,7 +1887,11 @@ class AareDAQ:
             geom=safe_geom,
             bl=self._safe_beamline_status(),
             sample=safe_sample,
-            session=SessionStatus(),
+            session=SessionStatus(
+                current_pgroup=self.__cfg.pgroup,
+                session=self.__cfg.session_state(0), # 0 is dummy session
+                staff=False
+            ),
             diffraction=self._safe_diffraction_geometry(),
             box=self.__saved_box,
             last_best_res=self.__cfg.last_best_res,