Local site not starting, bunch of errors

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Hi, I am new to LOCAL and after setting up a new WP site, this local site is not starting after I relaunch Local ( I got to switch my laptop off at some point, right! :wink: )

Here are the errors I have popping up:
Uh-oh! Unable to start site.
Error: Command failed: /Users/ncrosina/Library/Application Support/Local/lightning-services/mysql-8.0.35+2/bin/darwin-arm64/bin/mysqladmin ping
mysqladmin: connect to server at ‘localhost’ failed
error: ‘Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/Users/ncrosina/Library/Application Support/Local/run/UQB6iVc41/mysql/mysqld.sock’ (61)’
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: ‘/Users/ncrosina/Library/Application Support/Local/run/UQB6iVc41/mysql/mysqld.sock’ exists!
at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)
at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)
at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:414:12)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1101:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:304:5)

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

MacBook Pro, 14" Apple M4, 16GB memory

Local Version: Version 9.2.4+6788

  • **Operating System (OS) and OS version: macOS Sequoia v15.1

Local Logs

local-lightning.log (245.8 KB)

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Hi @ncrosina

If you create a new, blank site in Local can you access that okay? If you can, then you may want to try reimporting the site getting the errors. The steps would look like this:

  • Locate the site files on your machine, and save a copy of them to your desktop. If you click Go to Site Folder under your site name it should take you right to where they are located.
  • Once you have those copied, completely delete the site from Local
  • Restart Local/your machine
  • Reimport the site back into Local. You can refer here on how to Restore from only Local site files
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This works everyone! Thank You Nick and your team, this method took less than 5 minutes to get me back to working on my site.

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Glad to hear it @valcourt1! @ncrosina were you able to get things working again as well?

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I was able to get my website back and it did capture most of my saves, but I had to go back and re do certain parts. Unfortunately the new staging site was short lived and I encountered the same error again but this time I already saved all of my work and exported it. I still like localwp, but I am currently finishing my site elsewhere.

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Okay thank you for following up @valcourt1! If you have any other questions or concerns don’t hesitate to reach back out. We are always happy to help!