DevKinsta does not open, stuck on "Updating site WordPress configurations..."

[arnespremberg]

Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also)
A: 2025-11-05 - 7pm CEST

Q: DevKinsta Version
A: Version 2.13.5 (2.13.5.9020)

Q: OS Version
A: MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1.

Q: Docker Desktop Version
A: 4.49.0

Q: Were any error codes or messages observed? If so, what were they?
A: No Errors

Detailed Description of the Problem

I cannot open DevKinsta anymore. It is stuck on the “Updating site WordPress configurations…” step.

I did the following:

1. Remove DevKinsta from the Applications folder, download it again and reinstall it
2. Re-Install and update Docker
3. Remove my user from the config.json
4. Remove all devkinsta_ Docker containers

Nothing helped.

The logs always get stuck on the following message:

[2025-11-05 20:03:56.765] [info]  [restartNginx] Restarting nginx service
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.787] [info]  [watchDocker] Container: devkinsta_nginx, status: exec_create: nginx -s reload
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.789] [info]  [watchDocker] Container: devkinsta_nginx, status: exec_start: nginx -s reload
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.848] [info]  [watchDocker] Container: devkinsta_nginx, status: exec_die
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.908] [info]  [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_fpm' Docker container
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.908] [info]  [updateServiceStorage] Update Fpm service storage. ContainerId: devkinsta_fpm
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.908] [info]  [getDevKinstaPath] get DevKinsta path
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.908] [info]  [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.915] [info]  [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_nginx' Docker container
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.915] [info]  [updateServiceStorage] Update Nginx service storage. ContainerId: devkinsta_nginx
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.915] [info]  [getDevKinstaPath] get DevKinsta path
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.915] [info]  [isWslMode] check if docker runs on wsl mode
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.922] [info]  [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_db' Docker container
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.922] [info]  [updateServiceStorage] Update MariaDb service storage. ContainerId: devkinsta_db
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.922] [info]  [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_mailhog' Docker container
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.922] [info]  [updateServiceStorage] Update Mailhog service storage. ContainerId: devkinsta_mailhog
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.950] [info]  [setConfig] Set WordPress config on 'devkinsta_fpm' container
[2025-11-05 20:03:56.950] [info]  [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_fpm' Docker container

[Adrian_L (Adrian Lorica)]

Hi @arnespremberg

Can you try deleting all the Kinsta Containers and Images inside Docker Desktop, then relaunch DevKinsta afterward?

If the issue persists and you are willing to lose all existing local sites on the app, you can delete the Volumes in Docker Desktop and remove these two folders below and relaunch DevKinsta after. Doing this ideally should start the app as a fresh install.

/User/Library/Application Support/DevKinsta (application config)
/User/DevKinsta (site files)

If the issue continues after this point, please check if any DevKinsta containers are failing to run after you launch the application. Additionally, please send me the raw main.log file of the app via direct message so we can take a closer look at what is causing the app to get stuck during initialization.

Cheers!