Composition result not matching final render?

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[EDIT: It was the glare node that was the problem, needed to switch back on make threshold and mix 0 and set size to 9 or 10]

I’m on the final stretch of a project and confused as to why the render result does not match the composition preview after rendering? If anyone knows how I can blow up the bloom like in the first image please let me know what I am missing. "I have the glare disabled as it doesn’t change the look with or without.

Compositing Preview

Rendered Image
Rendered Image730×267 161 KB

Node Setup
Node Setup2488×968 1.29 MB

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is this supposed to be greyed out?

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[EDIT] Sorry, didn’t read…

In the render panel, do you have composite selected?

Also looks like the background is missing.

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i’ll check the composite select in render panel and it’s just a cropping of the screenshots

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Yes both compositing and sequencing are selected? I think thats what you mean? Post Processing?