Local stalls after a few saves

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

Local will stop working. Click “save” on a page/post and it just “spins”. Refreshing a page will not load. Happens every 5 or so saves. This makes it pretty much impossible to get anything done. I’ve tried stopping and restarting the site to no avail. Log file shows “a client request body is buffered to a temporary file”

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

System Details

  • Local Version: 9.2.9+6887

  • Operating System (OS) and OS version: Windows 11 Pro

Local Logs

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Local Logs here (Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log)

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.

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That sounds frustrating. The “client request body is buffered to a temporary file” message usually points to an issue with PHP or NGINX handling large POST requests. Try increasing the client_max_body_size value in your site’s NGINX config and restarting Local. Also, check if any plugins (like page builders or form plugins) are causing heavy saves—disabling them temporarily might help narrow it down.

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You might start by taking a look through our performance guide here as well @eniemiller for some tips on troubleshooting these types of issues. The first thing that might help is to test out a new, blank site and see if the problem happens there or not. If not, then it might be conflict within that specific install with a plugin, theme or resource bottleneck.