403 Error when attempting to retrieve pilot link on pavlovia

Online experiments
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PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.1 Py 3.14):
Standard Standalone Installation? yes
URL of experiment: https://run.pavlovia.org/RayanElahi/gender
Do you want it to also run locally? no
What are you trying to achieve?: pilot link for pavlovia experiment

What did you try to make it work?: in line with past threads expressing the same problem, I have A) made sure my git repository contains my .psyexp file, and ONLY that one experiment, B) my git repository contains all referenced source files (images, condition files), and C) the local version of the experiment (in builder) runs fine on my machine.

Link to the most relevant existing thread you have found: 403 Forbidden error when trying to run the experiment online (on pavlovia)

What specifically went wrong when you tried that?:
When I try to access the piloting link, I receive a 403 Forbidden error, despite having a fully synced repository and the experiment running locally.

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Hello @RayanE

The pilot link expires after one hour.

Did you try to run the experiment via the “pilot button”?

It is not important for an online experiment that your repository contains a .psyexp file. It is important that it contains the .js files.

Best wishes Jens

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The forbidden error is because you don’t have an index file in your repository, so you probably haven’t exported the JS files – or you got an error message when you tried.

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Thank you! I am no longer getting the forbidden error, but now my pilot link is stuck on “initializing” with no redirect or indication of progress. The experiment runs fine locally.

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Here is my tip for that. Please start a new thread when you’ve tried developer tools if the error message doesn’t give you enough information.