Synchronizing problem - PsychoPy gives error

Online experiments
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Hi,

I’m having trouble syncing my PsychoPy experiment to Pavlovia. When I try to sync from Builder, I get this error:

[Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/app/builder/builder.py”, line 1621, in onPavloviaSync
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/app/pavlovia_ui/project.py”, line 854, in syncProject
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 916, in sync
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 1155, in firstPush
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/psychopy/projects/pavlovia.py”, line 1321, in commit
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/git/cmd.py”, line 986, in
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/git/cmd.py”, line 1599, in _call_process
File “/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/git/cmd.py”, line 1389, in execute
git.exc.GitCommandError: Cmd(‘/Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/git-core/git’) failed due to: exit code(1)
cmdline: /Applications/PsychoPy.app/Contents/Resources/git-core/git commit -m Push initial project files
stdout: ‘On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean’]

The key part seems to be:

“git commit -m Push initial project files”
“On branch master”
“nothing to commit, working tree clean”

However, the experiment does not seem to sync properly. When I go to Pavlovia and click “Pilot”, I get:

“403 Forbidden nginx”

So it looks like the project exists on Pavlovia, but it is not runnable.

I’m using:

  • PsychoPy version: [v2025.1.1]

  • macOS version: [15.7.3 (24G419)]

  • Pavlovia username/project link: [add link]

  • Project folder location: [e.g., /Users/burcuboran/Desktop/Material prep/Psychopy-NEW]

Could you advise what might be causing this and how I can fix the sync?
Thank you!

2

How large is the folder you are trying to sync?

I recommend putting it in a documents folder rather than your desktop.

3

Thanks for your suggestion. I don’t know how exactly I did but changing some settings helped. It is at least working on Pavlovia now and I don’t see any 403 Forbidden problem. It just doesn’t show the progress bar that I added. I have it when locally running though.

Thanks again!

B.