# Local site greyed out

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [May 21, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490 "2022-05-21T13:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jacksheo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jacksheo/32/558_2.png) [@jacksheo](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jacksheo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490/22 "2022-09-27T03:46:17Z")

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Just to add on:

1. I added a new test site (test2) in devkinsta successfully. After rebooting the PC (once), this new test site (test2) could still work.

2. The previous test site (test site) you asked me to create has suffered the same fate as the work site (Jack Sheo) I’m building.

 ![chrome_FQaScuQrKW](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/d/d43e8f1563587a3ef4d3d42e44cf1737f7a5fa8a.png)

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**Author:** ![jacksheo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jacksheo/32/558_2.png) [@jacksheo](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jacksheo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490/23 "2022-09-27T04:32:32Z")

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Can’t quite recall how to attach/send config.json file to you

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/kevin/32/808_2.png) [@Kevin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490/24 "2022-09-27T16:29:56Z")

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Hi @jacksheo, you would get that popup error if your config.json has syntax errors so missing parentheses or something.

You can click on my name and message me from my profile  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/e/e7b405f31ca7ffe831647f5e0a4ec3de11c55383.png)

You can either screenshot the part of the config.json that you changed or share the file with me and I’ll point out the issues.

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**Author:** ![jacksheo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jacksheo/32/558_2.png) [@jacksheo](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jacksheo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490/25 "2022-09-27T23:51:42Z")

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Hi Kevin!

I’ve figured out what’s wrong - in the 2nd image of your 3 June post (step 3 - after), there is a comma after the sentence (hostFile) **“status”: “running”**.

Removing the comma after that solved the problem.

Previously you mentioned about a built-in solution for DevKinsta to just restore entries on restart… any traction with that? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/kevin/32/808_2.png) [@Kevin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-greyed-out/1490/26 "2022-09-28T16:25:04Z")

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Ah, great catch @jacksheo! I’ve edited the screenshot to remove the comma.

Honestly, we don’t see this issue coming up anymore with the new versions. I think a lot of the changes that have been made to the internal processes makes it so that this error doesn’t occur anymore.

This is definitely on our developers’ radar as far as errors go, though!

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