# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![ben.turner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ben.turner/32/5366_2.png) [@ben.turner](https://community.localwp.com/u/ben.turner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723/48 "2023-12-14T16:48:35Z")
Working with @rbaugh via support, we were able to distill down the issue to having too many SSH keys available and loaded into the ssh-agent. More details of the bug can be found: > [@Connect to WPE doesn't work when too many SSH keys exist](https://community.localwp.com/t/connect-to-wpe-doesnt-work-when-too-many-ssh-keys-exist/40428): > > Bug Summary Using Connect to WPE with too many ssh keys in a the ssh-agent prevents Local from establishing a connection to the server. The Local window will say “Local couldn’t load file list”. The Local log will have lines like: {"class":"RsyncService","level":"warn","message":"Received disconnect from 35.237.148.8 port 22:2: too many authentication failures\r\nDisconnected from 35.237.148.8 port 22\r\n","thread":"main","timestamp":"2023-12-14T15:45:39.593Z"} {"class":"RsyncService","level":… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-couldnt-load-the-file-list-unable-to-pull-or-connect-to-wpe-sites/39723)._