Summary
better-skills login (and better-skills health) fail with Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url? on Windows, even though the server is reachable and healthy from the same machine via curl.
Environment
- OS: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
- Binary: better-skills-windows-x64.exe from release v0.5.2
- Install method: manual download from GitHub Releases (checksum verified, matched checksums.txt)
- Installed to %USERPROFILE%.local\bin\better-skills.exe, on PATH
- better-skills --version → better-skills dev
Steps to reproduce
- Install better-skills-windows-x64.exe v0.5.2
- Run better-skills login
Expected vs actual
Expected the login flow to start; instead get Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url? — same for better-skills health (server unreachable: ...). Reproducible on repeated attempts.
Diagnostics already ruled out
- curl -v https://server.better-skills.dev → clean 200 OK
- No proxy configured (env vars unset, netsh ccess)
- No firewall rule blocking the binary; default outbound action not blocking
- Only Windows Defender registered, no third-
- Tried /, /health, /api/health, /cli/login — all return normal HTTP (404s are fine, no connection-level block)
Summary
better-skills login (and better-skills health) fail with Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url? on Windows, even though the server is reachable and healthy from the same machine via curl.
Environment
Steps to reproduce
Expected vs actual
Expected the login flow to start; instead get Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url? — same for better-skills health (server unreachable: ...). Reproducible on repeated attempts.
Diagnostics already ruled out