# Dumping And pushing database... never completes **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** mac\ **Created:** [June 27, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483 "2024-06-27T11:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bgajus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@bgajus](https://community.localwp.com/u/bgajus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483/1 "2024-06-27T11:53:35Z")
### What issue or error are you experiencing? * * * Running into this issue where every time I try to push from Local to WPEngine it just hangs. It seems to pull just fine but pushes do not work. I read some of the similar threads but not really found a solution. We do have a VPN but I’ve tried with the VPN both on and off. Local Version: 9.0.4 Operating System (OS) and OS version: Sonoma 14.5 [local-logs.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/tH9VIJ5pEMtycJQaYNXpWqmNyTT.zip) (82.4 KB) ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483/3 "2024-06-27T14:21:13Z")
Hi @bgajus Does this happen for a single site or do you have multiple sites with the same issue? If it’s just a single site, do you know how large the site/DB are? Something else you could try for a quick troubleshooting workflow would be this: - Disable API access in your WPE dashboard - Log out of your WPE account in Local - Quit Local - Enable API access again on WPE side - Restart Local - Log back into WPE in your app and try again ---
**Author:** ![bgajus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@bgajus](https://community.localwp.com/u/bgajus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483/4 "2024-06-27T14:49:01Z")
From WPEngine… 16553.00 MB Files 588.00 MB Database Looks like Account API Access is already disabled. Take a look at this. Lots of connections to the API failing and retrying… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/e/0/e0f60cd97e83acfb9c3465723e12eb73e9169500.png) ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483/5 "2024-06-27T15:24:44Z")
If API access is disable that could be part of the problem. This has to be enabled in order for you to use Local Connect with WPE. > **[Local Connect](https://localwp.com/help-docs/local-features/local-connect/#connect-to-wp-engine)** > > The Local Connect feature helps you move a site between Local and your remote hosting provider (WP Engine or Flywheel). Pulling a site down to Local allows you to quickly create a sandbox for… Additionally, the site is over 16 GB in size which poses another problem. While we don’t have a hard limit on the size of a site that can be pulled or pushed with Local, sites that are 5 GB or larger are more likely to encounter issues or timeout limitations while utilizing Local Connect. That’s not to say sites around this size or larger can’t be pushed or pulled, but results may vary. More about this here: > **[Large sites and Local](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/working-with-large-sites-in-local/)** > > Large sites can sometimes be difficult simply due to their size. The bigger the site the longer things can take and you may need a few options to get things done quicker. Table of Contents: There isn’… You may have to try an alternative method for getting site changes up to WPE. You could give their migration plugin a try as one workaround: > **[WP Engine Site Migration Plugin - Support Center](https://wpengine.com/support/wp-engine-site-migration/)** > > Learn how to use the WP Engine Site Migration plugin to migrate WordPress sites from almost any host to the WP Engine or Flywheel platforms. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/dumping-and-pushing-database-never-completes/43483/6 "2024-09-25T15:25:30Z")
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