Cannot install Sourcetree because oAuth redirection page does not load in localhost at port 34106

Question

Trying to install source tree in my Windows 10. They are asking for mandatory BitBucket account and after creating account when I proceed their oAuth, I found state and auth code are being sent like, http://localhost:34106/?state=authenticated&code=CHabzvwrFjNAEzWYCD. But localhost seems not running in my Windows and hence gage loading fails.

There was a temporary DNS error. Try refreshing the page.
Error Code: INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND

Anyone faced similar issue? What's the resolution?

Answer 1

Sourcetree seems to be using the Loopback Interface Redirection, which is a recommended solution for Windows.

Your error INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND seems to be DNS related, so I would first try if there is something wrong with resolving localhost to 127.0.0.1. Try to ping localhost If it fails (which would be strange), you can add localhost to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:

127.0.0.1       localhost

If localhost is correcly resolved to 127.0.0.1, your firewall may be the problem. I would try to stop if during the Sourcetree installation.

I have Sourcetree installed on my computer, but the installation went without problems, so I'm just writing what I would try to do.