localhost blocked on Chrome with "Privacy Error"

Question

Google Chrome is blocking localhost.

I'm using XAMPP with Apache localhost, ports 80 and 443. Google Chrome is up to date.

I'm getting the following error:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from localhost (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

Solution 1

Try this:

In Chrome, put in chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost in the address bar.

Enable the option that says "Allow invalid certificates for resources loaded from localhost".

Restart Chrome, and it should allow the site.

Solution 2

From Chrome version 63, it will redirect all .dev extension to domain https So try another extension to another, ex .test, .local... You can refer here: https://docs.serverpress.com/article/234-your-connection-is-not-private-google-chrome

Solution 3

Try typing in your are blocked page thisisunsafe. Simple type this word on keyboard. I found solution from this https://medium.com/@dblazeski/chrome-bypass-net-err-cert-invalid-for-development-daefae43eb12

Solution 4

It worked for me just by changing " .dev" to ".local" I'm using windows 10

Solution 5

your connection is not private for virtual host in XAMPP

I've faced the same problem, Now It has been solved it.

don't use '.dev' for your local domains - the new chrome (version 63) redirects all .dev -Domains to 'https://name.dev'

Try to rename your local domains to something like '.test' and 'phpmyadmin.test' or whatever

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Comments

[Andrew]

Would there be any downsides to this? Any actual issues with allowing insecure from localhost?

[Kyle Erickson]

I can't see why, seeing as localhost is just your local machine.

[DrLightman]

Not working for me on Chrome 62.0.3202.94, even if the flag is there it seems to not have any effect.

[Tom Shaw]

Worked for me after changing hostnames from *.dev to *.local. Tested on Apache Windows 10.

[black_yurizan]

@TomShaw Can confirm, I changed my example.dev to example.io and it started to work

[Rumit Patel]

should be in comment.

[Hammad Khan]

This exactly solved my problem. Was using .dev domain, changed that to .git and it worked flawlessly.

[Nathan]

This was my issue as well, using the .dev domain, changed it to .local and worked fine

[Christia]

This solution didn't work for me but the solution below about not using .dev worked! FYI. Try both.