502 Request Error on all sites after restarting

I have been fighting this issue for days, looking for a solution. I tried re-importing from flywheel, reinstalling and importing from local zip, I tried the pre-release build… essentially everything on this forum and all to no avail.

Finally succeeded today, and I hope this helps you too…

  1. I launched VirtualBox and removed Local-by-flywheel.
  2. I relaunched the Local App which went through an initial setup like it was brand new (which is scary because now you wonder if you’ll have to redo everything).
  3. After setup, my long list of sites appeared in red with warnings on each of them. I clicked on a site and saw the “Site Container” warning
  4. Crossed my fingers and clicked “Restore Site” – and it actually did it.
  5. Then I clicked “view site”… and wonder-of-wonders there it was!
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