No data saving on new install "something went wrong" error message

Self-Hosted | v5
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Doing a new install of invoice ninja v5.12.8, but when I login for the first time it prompts me to create a business name and when i try saving this it does not save but instead says “something went wrong” and logs me back to the login screen. When trying to add info to the company details section it does the same thing.

this is the only error info i get back from the log.

[2025-07-09 08:25:05] production.ERROR: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘forge’@‘127.0.0.1’ (using password: NO) (Connection: mysql, SQL: update accounts set is_scheduler_running = 1, accounts.updated_at = 2025-07-09 08:25:05.009359 where id is not null) {“exception”:"[object] (Illuminate\Database\QueryException(code: 1045): SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘forge’@‘127.0.0.1’ (using password: NO) (Connection: mysql, SQL: update accounts set is_scheduler_running = 1, accounts.updated_at = 2025-07-09 08:25:05.009359 where id is not null) at /home/hostnumber/domains/domainname.co.uk/public_html/app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:825)
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Hi,

Are the database credentials correct in the .env file?

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tripled checked, even compared it to another invoice ninja install

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Maybe the config is cached? You can try running php artisan config:clear

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will any of these give an issue if they not enabled?
proc_open
exec
open_basedir
fpassthru

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It’s possible, definitely when trying to update

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ran the php artisan config:clear command and has not made a difference, when it logs out it also shows briefly a invalid token message

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Do you see a difference with the desktop app?

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so it looks like it is working via the desktop app, allowing me to save information but not via a web browser

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so im running another invoice ninja install on the same hosting provider which works but what I have noticed is that their interfaces look different, the one that works has colour in the inferface where but the one im trying to access has no colour

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There are two web apps, there are links to try both demos on invoiceninja.org

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so it looks like the install im doing is for the react version which is giving me issues with saving, do you have a download link for the flutter version as this version is working on my other install

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You can run this SQL query to activate

UPDATE accounts SET set_react_as_default_ap = 0
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ok ran the SQL and the flutter version is working and saving information, just to confirm i see there are react settings within the .env REACT_URL=https://localhost:3001 does this need to be update with server info for the react to work correctly?

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@david can you please advise?