Security Reminder
Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed.
I’m glad to hear that it works in Firefox for you @boulderados
You might check if your primary browser has any available updates. Or see if reinstalling it helps.
If you utilize browser extensions, these could get in the way too. So you could try disabling or removing those as well for additional troubleshooting.
Yeah, well I’m not thrilled not to be able to work in Edge but at least it’s a workaround.
In any case my system is fully up to date, and I have only two standard plug-ins running. I disabled them just to see what would happen, but it had no effect.
II did do various searches and found that users with this issue seem to pop up every now and then but there never seems to be an actual solution.
Yeah it’s a tricky one to narrow down @boulderados as it could have a lot of different root causes.
Some users have run into it because of their VPN, network or proxy settings, which you’ve already double checked.
Have you double-checked all of your admin privileges, antivirus, and security features as well? Sometimes we’ve seen these reset after an update or flag something that wasn’t blocked previously.
Do you use any browser extensions in Edge as well?
I got a bit further. It seems to be a security issue.
I found that although the router mode is set to site domains and the SSL is available and trusted, when I click on the WP Admin or Open Site Buttons, Local does not open the page using HTTPS but using plain HTTP. This seems to work fine in Firefox but unfortunately not in Edge. And as edge hides the HTTP:// part of the URL, I did not notice it.
When I change the URL to include HTTPS, it works just fine
So, I am guessing that this is a small bug in Local.
You’re correct @boulderados and I believe our team has some tickets in to look at this in the near future. For now I’m glad you’ve got things working at least. If you have any other questions or concerns don’t hesitate to reach back out. We are always happy to help!
