# Network error (SSLError), entering retry loop **URL:** \ **Category:** W&B Help\ **Tags:** projects, wandb\ **Created:** [January 5, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641 "2023-01-05T00:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kranthikumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@kranthikumar](https://community.wandb.ai/u/kranthikumar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/1 "2023-01-05T00:30:47Z")
I am getting this error: $ python3 wandb-python4.py wandb: W&B API key is configured. Use `wandb login --relogin` to force relogin wandb: Network error (SSLError), entering retry loop. wandb: Network error (SSLError), entering retry loop. Problem at: /home/hp/wandb-python4.py 4 wandb: ERROR Error communicating with wandb process wandb: ERROR For more info see: [https://docs.wandb.ai/library/init#init-start-error](https://docs.wandb.ai/library/init#init-start-error) Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/hp/wandb-python4.py”, line 4, in run = wandb.init(project=“wandb-test”) File “/home/hp/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wandb/sdk/wandb\_init.py”, line 1078, in init run = wi.init() File “/home/hp/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wandb/sdk/wandb\_init.py”, line 719, in init raise UsageError(error\_message) wandb.errors.UsageError: Error communicating with wandb process For more info see: [https://docs.wandb.ai/library/init#init-start-error](https://docs.wandb.ai/library/init#init-start-error) wandb: Waiting for W&B process to finish… (failed 1). Press Control-C to abort syncing. ---
**Author:** ![kranthikumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8797f3/32.png) [@kranthikumar](https://community.wandb.ai/u/kranthikumar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/2 "2023-01-05T06:38:33Z")
Please find the Environment: $ lsb\_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal $ python3 --version Python 3.9.16 $ wandb --version wandb, version 0.13.7 ---
**Author:** ![lesliewandb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/lesliewandb/32/369_2.png) [@lesliewandb](https://community.wandb.ai/u/lesliewandb)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/3 "2023-01-10T18:03:55Z")
Hi Kranthi, thank you for writing in! Can you tell me more about what you are running when this error appears? For example, does this appear with just `wandb.init()`? ---
**Author:** ![lesliewandb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.wandb.ai/lesliewandb/32/369_2.png) [@lesliewandb](https://community.wandb.ai/u/lesliewandb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/4 "2023-01-13T22:07:38Z")
Hi Kranthi, since we have not heard back from you we are going to close this request. If you would like to re-open the conversation, please let us know! ---
**Author:** ![bing1002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bing1002](https://community.wandb.ai/u/bing1002)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/5 "2023-01-30T03:20:10Z")
I am also experiencing this issue when i run sweep agent. The weird thing is that I can run it on my local machine. But I got this issue when I try to run it on remote linux machine. No idea about reason. ---
**Author:** ![yaiza\_6370](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/50afbb/32.png) [@yaiza\_6370](https://community.wandb.ai/u/yaiza_6370)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/6 "2023-02-14T10:18:03Z")
I am also having this issue since weeks and I can’t solve it. It is really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/366b649231631dbab896843020da0056074ac79d.png) [@system](https://community.wandb.ai/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/network-error-sslerror-entering-retry-loop/3641/7 "2023-04-15T10:18:21Z")
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