InvalidOperationException: Insecure connection not allowed -UnityWebRequestAsyncOperation

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Only happens in some scenes with Needle 2.58.2-pre in Unity 2022.2.1f1, on attempting to hit the Play button on Export Info I get this error:

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by user 103054507105067008

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InvalidOperationException: Insecure connection not allowed
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System.InvalidOperationException: Insecure connection not allowed
UnityWebRequestAsyncOperation UnityEngine.Networking.UnityWebRequest.SendWebRequest()
async Task<bool> Needle.Engine.Utils.WebHelper.IsResponding(string url, CancellationToken cancel) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Common/Runtime/Utils/WebHelper.cs:31
async Task<bool> Needle.Engine.MenuItems+<>c__DisplayClass19_0.<StartDevelopmentServer>g__IsResponding|0(?)+IsResponding(?) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Core/Editor/Actions/MenuItems.cs:174
async void Needle.Engine.MenuItems.StartDevelopmentServer(IProjectInfo proj, bool startUsingIp, int level) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Core/Editor/Actions/MenuItems.cs:150
UnityWebRequestAsyncOperation UnityEngine.Networking.UnityWebRequest.SendWebRequest()
async Task<bool> Needle.Engine.Utils.WebHelper.IsResponding(string url, CancellationToken cancel) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Common/Runtime/Utils/WebHelper.cs:31
async Task<bool> Needle.Engine.MenuItems+<>c__DisplayClass19_0.<StartDevelopmentServer>g__IsResponding|0(?)+IsResponding(?) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Core/Editor/Actions/MenuItems.cs:174
async void Needle.Engine.MenuItems.StartDevelopmentServer(IProjectInfo proj, bool startUsingIp, int level) in Library/PackageCache/com.needle.engine-exporter@2.58.2-pre/Core/Editor/Actions/MenuItems.cs:150
void System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.ThrowAsync(Exception exception, SynchronizationContext targetContext)+(object state) => { }
void UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext+WorkRequest.Invoke()
void UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.Exec()
void UnityEngine.UnitySynchronizationContext.ExecuteTasks()
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by user 103054507105067008

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Fixed by going to Edit > Project Settings > Player > Other Settings > Allow Downloads over http > change to Always Allowed. Might need to prompt some users on this though as I only knew to do this from an error with another plugin years back

by user 103054507105067008

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Yes, I’ve seen this as well. We can guard against this. Seems that Unity complains about accessing the local server, well, locally

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Think we need a “Unity Issue” label at some point :upside_down_face: