Installed devinsta successfully, but every site name I put in gives me same error “The site name is already in use, choose another”
<main.log redacted>
Welcome to the Kinsta Community!
There may be a failed installation in the app, causing a site name conflict. To assist you better, could you please provide the following information:
Machine OS:
DevKinsta version:
Docker Desktop version:
If there is no active local site running within the app, it’s probably easier to delete all Kinsta Images, Containers, and Volumes in Docker Desktop and relaunch DevKinsta to start fresh. (Note: removing the Kinsta Volume will remove all custom data stored in the Devkinsta app.)
Let us know how it goes. 
Hey thanks!
Mac OS: 15.7.3
DevKinsta: 2.13.6
Docker Desktop: 4.56.0
Deleting all containers, images and volumes worked, but now I’m getting the “Something bad happened” error.
In the main.log file this is what it says:
[2026-01-14 09:04:05.746] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2026-01-14 09:04:05.815] [info] [containerExec] Command ‘mysql -u root -p****** -e “create database site_example;”’ on devkinsta_db finished with exit code 1
[2026-01-14 09:04:05.816] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step database: Error: Error (1): UERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)
at /Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:2:837383
at tryCatch (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1843893)
at Generator. (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1845538)
at Generator.next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1844442)
at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836779)
at _next (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1836999)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
[2026-01-14 09:04:05.860] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.399] [info] [getDevKinstaPath] get DevKinsta path
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.402] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.405] [info] [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.486] [info] [handler/getEnableExtensions] php version: 8.3
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.492] [info] [handler/getEnableExtensions] php version: 8.3
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.493] [info] [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get ‘devkinsta_fpm’ Docker container
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.551] [info] [useMailhog] Mail socket closed.
[2026-01-14 09:07:09.950] [info] [containerExec] Command ‘kinsta_php_cli --action=list_available --phpversion=8.3’ on devkinsta_fpm finished with exit code 0
I used the solution found here: Something bad happened: in create new site - #22 by spenserhale and it worked. However now I’m getting the samer error at the updating the DNS server step.
Here’s what the main.log file says:
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.471] [info] [hosts] Add host entries: [
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
}
]
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.512] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] ERROR: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step hostfile: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.608] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }
@Christian_Walker, please check if there are warnings in Docker Desktop, and then click “Repair” or “Reapply Configuration” if you see them. Once clicked, that should ideally trigger the pop authentication you used to see when running actions in DevKinsta.
If that doesn’t work, please send us an updated copy of your main.log file.
Thanks!