diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_client.c b/apps/backend/backend_client.c
index 33b0830c..ec150d25 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_client.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_client.c
@@ -193,12 +193,18 @@ backend_monitoring_state_get(clicon_handle h,
         cprintf(cb, "<session>");
         cprintf(cb, "<session-id>%u</session-id>", ce->ce_id);
         if (ce->ce_transport == NULL){
+#ifdef NOTYET // XXX: too strict, race conditions in clixon_snmp
             clicon_err(OE_XML, 0, "Mandatory element transport missing");
             goto done;
+#else
+            cprintf(cb, "<transport xmlns:%s=\"%s\">cl:netconf</transport>",
+                    CLIXON_LIB_PREFIX, CLIXON_LIB_NS);
+#endif
         }
-        cprintf(cb, "<transport xmlns:%s=\"%s\">%s</transport>",
-                CLIXON_LIB_PREFIX, CLIXON_LIB_NS,
-                ce->ce_transport);
+        else
+            cprintf(cb, "<transport xmlns:%s=\"%s\">%s</transport>",
+                    CLIXON_LIB_PREFIX, CLIXON_LIB_NS,
+                    ce->ce_transport);
         cprintf(cb, "<username>%s</username>", ce->ce_username);
         if (ce->ce_source_host)
             cprintf(cb, "<source-host>%s</source-host>", ce->ce_source_host);
diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_data.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_data.h
index e7678a02..8ac95d19 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_data.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_data.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ int clicon_argv_set(clicon_handle h, char *argv0, int argc, char **argv);
 /*! Set and get (client/backend) session id */
 int clicon_session_id_set(clicon_handle h, uint32_t id);
 int clicon_session_id_get(clicon_handle h, uint32_t *id);
+int clicon_session_id_del(clicon_handle h);
 
 /* If set, quit startup directly after upgrade */
 int clicon_quit_upgrade_get(clicon_handle h);
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_data.c b/lib/src/clixon_data.c
index 437507e7..ac5c5527 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_data.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_data.c
@@ -828,6 +828,16 @@ clicon_session_id_get(clicon_handle h,
     return 0;
 }
 
+/*! Delete session id
+ */
+int
+clicon_session_id_del(clicon_handle h)
+{
+    clicon_hash_t *cdat = clicon_data(h);
+
+    return clicon_hash_del(cdat, (char*)"session-id");
+}
+
 /*! Set session id
  * @param[in]  h   Clicon handle
  * @param[in]  id  Session id
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_proto_client.c b/lib/src/clixon_proto_client.c
index 1045807a..2927c5d8 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_proto_client.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_proto_client.c
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ clicon_rpc_msg(clicon_handle      h,
                 goto done;
             }
             /* To disable this restart, unset PROTO_RESTART_RECONNECT */
+            clicon_session_id_del(h);
             clicon_log(LOG_WARNING, "The backend was probably restarted and the client has reconnected to the backend. Any locks or candidate edits are lost.");
+
         }
 #else
         clicon_err(OE_PROTO, ESHUTDOWN, "Unexpected close of CLICON_SOCK. Clixon backend daemon may have crashed.");