# Could not start Live Link

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** windows-10\
**Created:** [September 10, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195 "2022-09-10T08:20:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![thierry84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@thierry84](https://community.localwp.com/u/thierry84)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195/1 "2022-09-10T08:20:42Z")

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Issue Summary

When I click on ‘enable live link’, after a time I get the following error message:  
“Error: connect ETIMEDOUT 34.121.54.145:443  
at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1146:16)”

yesterday I wanted to continue working on the construction of my site locally, and impossible to activate live link. I imported the site, nothing.

Troubleshooting Questions

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Does this happen for all sites in Local, or just one in particular? All sites

Are you able to create a new, plain WordPress site in Local and access it in a Browser? Yes

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Describe the steps that others can take to replicate this issue. If you have screenshots that can help clarify what is happening, please include them!  
System Details

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Which version of Local is being used? 6.4.2

What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used? Windows 10 Family

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**Author:** ![jared-rice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/jared-rice/32/16503_2.png) [@jared-rice](https://community.localwp.com/u/jared-rice)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195/2 "2022-09-11T15:17:46Z")

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See topic: [Live link is throwing an error when I attempt to enable it - #14 by nik\_dev](http://community.localwp.com/t/live-link-is-throwing-an-error-when-i-attempt-to-enable-it/33166/14)

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**Author:** ![sambrockway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/sambrockway/32/18726_2.png) [@sambrockway](https://community.localwp.com/u/sambrockway)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195/3 "2022-09-12T14:28:17Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [Live link is throwing an error when I attempt to enable it](https://community.localwp.com/t/live-link-is-throwing-an-error-when-i-attempt-to-enable-it/33166)

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**Author:** ![sambrockway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/sambrockway/32/18726_2.png) [@sambrockway](https://community.localwp.com/u/sambrockway)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195/4 "2022-09-12T14:28:51Z")

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Hello @thierry84 - welcome to the Local community! 👋

Thank you for sharing your issue! It looks like something changed on our remote infrastructure sometime last week that started refusing connections.

The Local team is looking into it, we’ve been merging all related threads into the following to keep conversations in one place:

> [@Live link is throwing an error when I attempt to enable it](http://community.localwp.com/t/live-link-is-throwing-an-error-when-i-attempt-to-enable-it/33166):
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> Bug Summary Summarize the issue in one to two sentences. When I try to use the live link it produces the following error. Error: connect ETIMEDOUT [34.121.54.145:443](http://34.121.54.145:443/) at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js: 1146:16) Steps to reproduce After starting site, enable live link. After a minute, it throws the error Environment Info Describe your environment. What Operating System are you using? Windows 10 What versions of site software (Nginx, Apache, PHP, MySQL) is …

I invite you to follow along there!

Thank you,

Sam

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**Author:** ![sambrockway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/sambrockway/32/18726_2.png) [@sambrockway](https://community.localwp.com/u/sambrockway)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/could-not-start-live-link/33195/5 "2022-09-12T15:45:28Z")

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