# Local couldn't load the file list / Unable to pull or connect to WPE sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** mac\ **Created:** [October 26, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723 "2023-10-26T16:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/1 "2023-10-26T16:24:05Z")
### What issue or error are you experiencing? After updating Local cannot pull or even connect to WP Engine sites. * * * ### What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc * * * ### System Details - **Local Version:** - **Operating System (OS) and OS version:** Mac OS Sonoma 14.0 * * * ### Local Logs Attach your Local Logs here ([Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/)) [local-logs1.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/oxyL0dneC3SFSe6V5JR4GeqCOKM.zip) (1.2 MB) * * * _ **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. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/2 "2023-10-26T16:32:58Z")
Hi @jhenrywaugh Have you tried resetting your WPE credentials? > **[Troubleshoot: Connect to WP Engine](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-local-connect-with-wp-engine/)** > > Most issues connecting to WP Engine via Local Connect can be solved by re-authenticating the API. First, you'll want to head to your User Portal and generate some new API credentials. See WP Engine' ---
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/3 "2023-10-26T16:49:54Z")
Yes, if by reset you mean disconnect from WPE & then reconnect (sign in) again. ---
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/4 "2023-10-26T16:51:40Z")
From the logs, rsync error code 255 local-lightning-verbose0.log:{“class”:“RsyncService”,“level”:“warn”,“message”:“rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]\nrsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3]\n”,“thread”:“main”,“timestamp”:“2023-10-26T16:08:38.494Z”} local-lightning-verbose0.log:{“class”:“ConnectManifestWpeService”,“level”:“error”,“message”:“Error creating manifest for WPE Service”,“sentryEventId”:“f8a95c52481e4643b33364bfd984f60b”,“thread”:“main”,“timestamp”:“2023-10-26T16:08:38.496Z”} local-lightning-verbose0.log:{“class”:“ConnectManifestWpeService”,“level”:“error”,“message”:“rsync process existed with code 255”,“stack”:“Error: rsync process existed with code 255\n at ChildProcess. (%%appPath%%/main/rsync/RsyncService.js:1:1548)\n at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)\n at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n at ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (node:internal/child\_process:291:12)”,“thread”:“main”,“timestamp”:“2023-10-26T16:08:38.497Z”} ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/5 "2023-10-26T18:08:20Z")
Actually, in addition to disconnecting/reconnecting, I mean regenerating those API credentials that you use to connect to WPE as well. Details in the article above^ Keep us posted! ---
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/6 "2023-10-26T18:20:17Z")
Yes, tried that too – regenerated new WPE API credentials. Still, no dice. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/7 "2023-10-26T19:45:36Z")
In order to refresh here and start with a clean slate could you give the below troubleshooting steps a try? - Export any sites that you have on Local and save them to a folder somewhere on your computer. - [Fully uninstall Local from your computer.](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/uninstalling-local/) - Install the latest version of Local on this [link.](https://localwp.com/releases/) - Once installed, please restart the computer. - When the computer is restarted and turned on, close any applications that automatically run in the background (AntiVirus, Firewall, and other Developer applications included). - Check and see if the issue still persists. If so, please provide us with an updated log. [Retrieving Local’s Log File](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/) Keep us posted and we’d be happy to help further! ---
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/8 "2023-10-26T21:14:34Z")
OK, did all this – fully uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted, still not working: [local-logs.zip](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/pqYpQg3skzB8O58UIsGXDMzPIYp.zip) (1.2 MB) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/9 "2023-10-26T21:25:34Z")
Thank you for trying that @jhenrywaugh! I’ll share this with the Devs but also will being sending you a message to gather more info. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/11 "2023-10-31T13:13:54Z")
Hi @jhenrywaugh Our Devs narrowed down what they believe to be the root cause here and have released a Beta version of Local to try and see if it resolves the problem. Once we know this fix works we’ll roll out a stable release to follow! Can you give this a try and let us know if it does the trick? > [@Local Beta 8.0.2](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-beta-8-0-2/39780): > > [Download Local 8.0.2 (Beta) for Intel MacOS](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.0.2+local-beta-6503/local-beta-8.0.2-b6503-mac.dmg) SHA1: 6c0397917cda278b87579bae3a2f9c8549bcfacc [Download Local 8.0.2 (Beta) for Apple Silicon MacOS](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.0.2+local-beta-6503/local-beta-8.0.2-b6503-mac-arm64.dmg) SHA1: 0439caa6ac86f0526c2ccaa7efbfc49fa94740d2 [Download Local 8.0.2 (Beta) for Windows](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.0.2+local-beta-6503/local-beta-8.0.2-b6503-windows.exe) SHA1: 734df639fdc025f8f53d3c0e5ee5454b658384d2 [Download Local 8.0.2 (Beta) as Linux deb (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint)](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.0.2+local-beta-6503/local-beta-8.0.2-b6503-linux.deb) SHA1: aed0c76cf071a3b610f53312ec62d657ff0ec98a [Download Local 8.0.2 (Beta) as Linux rpm (Fedora, Red Hat Linux, CentOS)](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.0.2+local-beta-6503/local-beta-8.0.2-b6503-linux.rpm) SHA1: 02b32dabf77b64f05ab… ---
**Author:** ![bradc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@bradc](https://community.localwp.com/u/bradc)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/12 "2023-11-01T01:45:23Z")
I was having the same issue and can confirm that while Version 8.0.1+6490 for Intel MacOS does _not_ work for me, Version 8.0.2+local-beta-6503 does. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/13 "2023-11-01T13:08:46Z")
Glad to hear it @bradc! Thank you for coming by to let us know 💚 ---
**Author:** ![jhenrywaugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jhenrywaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/jhenrywaugh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/14 "2023-11-01T16:13:12Z")
Seems to be working (Local Beta 8.0.2), have connected & pulled from a couple of WPE sites. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/15 "2023-11-01T16:15:55Z")
Thank you for confirming @jhenrywaugh! We’ve heard from several other WPE users that this is the case and will likely have a stable release out today with the fix. 💚 ---
**Author:** ![rbaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/rbaugh/32/15400_2.png) [@rbaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/rbaugh)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/16 "2023-11-13T19:51:27Z")
I am having a weird issue. I had upgraded to the latest release as of today, 8.1.0, but when I tried to connect to a site to pull, I kept getting an error that it couldn’t get a list of files. I tried to go back to 8.0.2 official release, and it wasn’t working either. I was able to SSH in and I was able to get a list of the sites with the API key I had. Oddly, I had to revert back to Version 8.0.1+6490 in order to connect and get a list of files. ---
**Author:** ![rbaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/rbaugh/32/15400_2.png) [@rbaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/rbaugh)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/17 "2023-11-13T22:54:11Z")
I tried pulling down the beta as well and it doesn’t work either. When using anything above v8.0.1, it seems to give me the same errors in the logs: `{"class":"RsyncService","level":"warn","message":"Cannot access install mysite\r\nConnection to mysite.ssh.wpengine.net closed by remote host.\r\n","thread":"main","timestamp":"2023-11-13T22:45:47.217Z"}` `{"class":"RsyncService","level":"warn","message":"rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]\nrsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3]\n","thread":"main","timestamp":"2023-11-13T22:45:47.218Z"}` I am using an SSH key and a custom config that specifies the specific key for any [ssh.wpengine.net](http://ssh.wpengine.net) host. If I SSH in using the same key and with the same install, I can connect just fine. I know with v8.0.2 there were some changes to ignore local config files for SSH, so not sure if this has anything to do with it. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/18 "2023-11-14T16:12:20Z")
Are you on MacOS Catalina by chance @rbaugh? ---
**Author:** ![diego2d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@diego2d](https://community.localwp.com/u/diego2d)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/19 "2023-11-15T17:41:40Z")
Hi, I am running version Version 8.0.2+local-beta-6503 but still can’t connect to WPE to pull a site. I am running OSX 14.1.1, here’s my log: [local-beta.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/eaih5P6D34ZwGcbof2g3VYPbUkK.log) (13.0 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:** [November 16, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/20 "2023-11-16T13:43:24Z")
Hi @diego2d Can you download the latest release here: > **[Releases](https://localwp.com/releases/)** And then reset your API credentials here: > **[Troubleshoot: Connect to WP Engine](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-local-connect-with-wp-engine/)** > > Most issues connecting to WP Engine via Local Connect can be solved by re-authenticating the API. First, you'll want to head to your User Portal and generate some new API credentials. See WP Engine' If you’re still having problems after that please click the `Download Local Logs` button from the `Support` tab in Local. This will generate a zip archive that contains the Local log along with some other diagnostic information to help quickly zero in on any issues that Local is encountering. ---
**Author:** ![rbaugh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/rbaugh/32/15400_2.png) [@rbaugh](https://community.localwp.com/u/rbaugh)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/21 "2023-11-16T19:59:13Z")
@Nick-B No I am running Monterey 12.6. [Next page](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723.md?page=2)