Self Signed Certificate In Chain

Support
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What issue or error are you experiencing?

Hi all. I keep running into an issue where I get an error about a self signed cert in chain error. I can’t update anything on sites or login into my hosting platform on WPEngine. I’ve tried updating node/npm packages, purging everything Local related on my machine and reinstalling with no luck. Any help would be appreciated!

System Details

  • Local Version:
    Most recent at 9.2.3
  • Operating System (OS) and OS version:
  • Windows 64

Local Logs

Attach your Local Logs here (Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log)
{“eventId”:“dfc4c34d948a41a2af06ad22d7e438aa”,“level”:“warn”,“message”:“Unhandled Rejection.”,“p”:{},“reason”:{“code”:“SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN”,“errno”:“SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN”,“message”:“request to https://cdn.localwp.com/stable/updates.json failed, reason: self signed certificate in certificate chain”,“type”:“system”},“thread”:“main”,“timestamp”:“2025-04-15T18:03:16.196Z”}

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Hi @kmulligan01

We have a Windows Troubleshooting guide below that goes over some common items worth checking. For example, make sure you’re running Local as an admin user, that you don’t have any security blockers, and that Local has access to update your Hosts file.