Uh-oh! Unable to start site and create new

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Sorry that you encountered this, @Romi.Dominguez.

Here’s what you can try:

  1. First, downgrade to Local 9.1.1 by downloading and running the installer here: Releases - Local
  2. Next, change your MySQL versions in Local’s sites.json to 8.0.16 instead of 8.0.35:
    a. Quit Local.
    b. Open the File Explorer (assuming Windows).
    c. Make sure you have enabled “show hidden items”.
    d. Navigate to his PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [your username] → AppData → Roaming → Local.
    e. Duplicate the file named sites.json to create a backup.
    f. Edit the original file named sites.json (not sites copy.json) in an IDE or text editor such as VS Code.
    g. Using the find and replace feature of your editor, find all occurrences of “8.0.35” and replace them with “8.0.16”. No other edits to the file are needed.
    h. Open Local and try to start your sites.

macOS users reading this can check these instructions for step 2 instead.

There will be a new version of Local coming later this week (9.2.1) that you can upgrade to, but you will still need to try the steps above to fix your existing sites.

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