I am trying to use the Phaser launcher. I just installed the Windows 11 64-bit version. I launched it and clicked “Sign In”, and it opened my browser (Brave) to the phaser website where I clicked “Authorize”. The browser then redirects to a URL at http://localhost:1970/… which fails to load (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED). I have disabled all firewalls and get the same result. I am not using a VPN. The Phaser launcher itself hangs at a loading screen with the little phaser dude staring at the glowing yellow portal.
I can’t find any further troubleshooting steps or anyone else with this issue. Any help?
In Phaser Launcher, if you take a look at the developer console and networks tabs, do you happen to see any errors there?
If you right click when the app is open on the main page, and go to “inspect element”, this should open the developer tools, and there you should have options to view the console and network tabs.
I see the following warning in the dev console (this shows up immediately upon opening the launcher, before trying to sign in):
index-DYMm9pL3.js:1554 [PostHog.js] client was already loaded elsewhere. This may cause issues.
(anonymous) @ index-DYMm9pL3.js:1554
index-DYMm9pL3.js:1679 returnButtonAnimation
No further logs appear, even after attempting sign in.
On the network tab, i see these URLs being requested. I don’t know what to look for, but nothing jumps out as “error” to me. In particular, they all have a 200 OK status code.
https://us.i.posthog.com/e/?ip=1&_=1752532003813&ver=1.219.1&compression=gzip-js
https://us.i.posthog.com/s/?ip=1&_=1752532003813&ver=1.219.1&compression=gzip-js
http://ipc.localhost/start_oauth
http://ipc.localhost/plugin%3Aevent|listen
http://ipc.localhost/start_oauth
http://ipc.localhost/plugin%3Aevent|listen
https://us.i.posthog.com/s/?ip=1&_=1752532007859&ver=1.219.1&compression=gzip-js
https://us.i.posthog.com/i/v0/e/?ip=1&_=1752532007861&ver=1.219.1&compression=gzip-js
By chance, have you happened to try with a different browser to see if similar issue occurs (not sure if it will make a difference)?
I also shared a link to your question here on the Phaser Discord to see if someone might know.
I’ve tried with Brave, Chrome, and Edge, and they all have the same issue.
Thanks for the help so far.
Also FWIW, I just tried phaser editor and the same issue happens when trying to log in there. The phaser editor allows me to configure proxy settings - I tried disabling them and restarting with no success.