# io.github.libtmux.control.ControlClient.ControlClient.isAlive

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.control.ControlClient.ControlClient
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/842228310449e879ebcaa3f910597757c9dbffd6/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/control/ControlClient.java#L236
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-control-controlclient-controlclient-isalive/

```
io.github.libtmux.control.ControlClient.ControlClient.isAlive() -> boolean
```

Whether the client is still running.

A control client is a client of the server it talks to, so it ends when that server does.
A carrier holding one needs to tell "this command failed" from "there is no longer anything
to send commands to", which are the same exception until this is asked.