[Bug]: Can't load any sites on 1.11.1 unless I manually add the site to `/etc/hosts`

[tommcfarlin]

Platform

macOS

Operating system version

macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

System architecture

ARM64 (M1, M2, etc)

Herd Version

1.11.1

PHP Version

No response

Bug description

I attempted to load any of the sites I have linked and secured with Herd and none of them load.

Notes

• I've started and stopped my services using brew.
• I've started and stopped services via Herd.
• I've reinstalled Herd.
• All icons are green.
• No sites load unless I explicitly point one domain to 127.0.0.1

I have to manually add the site to my /etc/hosts file for it to load. The relevant portion of /etc/hosts file looks like this:

127.0.0.1 ambox.test

I have /etc/resolver/test and it has the following:

nameserver 127.0.0.1

Output

Chrome (both with and without the DNS setting changed in chrome://settings) returns the following error:

This site can’t be reached

The webpage at https://mydomain.test/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED

Steps to reproduce

I started work today and none of my sites loaded. This appears to have started after upgrading to 1.11.1.

Can provide more context as needed.

Relevant log output

No response

[sschlein]

The error message sounds like a VPN. Does your Mac try to use a VPN to connect to local sites? If yes, that likely doesn't work.

[tommcfarlin]

It doesn't; I don't have a VPN active and there is nothing running that would cause this, as best as I can tell.

I've not added, removed, or modified any VPN configurations since the latest update.

[tommcfarlin]

Wasn't able to resolve the problem with my projects in their directory but I moved them to /Herd/sites and things resolve fine.

Thanks for the help!

[sschlein]

That's odd but great that you were able to solve it :)