... ah - I see that deleting forecast.json to trigger a refresh might work. I will try and report back:
On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 9:30:37 PM UTC O S wrote: > Hello John, > > Thanks, that appears to have fixed it as the error has gone, I still have > the 429, and now this has appeared: > > Shall i just nuke the whole thing and start again? > > ERROR user.belchertown: Aeris/Xweather error: cannot access local variable > 'forecast_file_result' where it is not associated with a value > > On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 8:27:24 PM UTC John Smith wrote: > >> weeWX 5.x no longer runs as root when launched from systemd, the >> user/group is now usually weewx so I'd start there with the path in the >> error chown -R weewx: /var/www/html/weewx/ >> >> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 at 00:04, O S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello John, >>> >>> Thanks, do you know how I'd fix that? Is there anywhere that I can find >>> permissions for weewx files and folders, so i can chown them? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nick. >>> >>> On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 12:23:08 PM UTC John Smith wrote: >>> >>>> The 429 can probably be ignored as some sites only allow so many per >>>> hour etc, but you have a more serious issue: >>>> >>>> >>>>> 1. Feb 01 12:02:01 weewx-pi weewxd[688]: ERROR user.belchertown: >>>>> Error writing forecast Current Conditions info to >>>>> /var/www/html/weewx/belchertown/json/current_conditions.json. Reason: >>>>> [Errno 13] Permission denied: >>>>> '/var/www/html/weewx/belchertown/json/current_conditions.json' >>>>> >>>>> >>>> So your site wouldn't be getting updates cause it can't write to that >>>> file >>>> >>>> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 23:19, O S <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> Me again. >>>>> >>>>> I am getting the above errors, pastebin is here >>>>> <https://pastebin.com/75TFA9Ff>. >>>>> >>>>> I have redacted as per below: >>>>> [my lat] >>>>> [my lon] >>>>> [my id] >>>>> [my secret] >>>>> >>>>> I don't know what has caused or how to start to troubleshoot the 429 >>>>> error, but I am guessing that the Permission denied error can be fixed >>>>> with >>>>> a chmod. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Nick. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9100b937-1ec5-45d1-b222-6127b61043d0n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9100b937-1ec5-45d1-b222-6127b61043d0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6cd9f0c9-afe9-4de2-b72c-1e2e0727e109n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6cd9f0c9-afe9-4de2-b72c-1e2e0727e109n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/23428f1b-df0e-4d76-8958-086d0eb0ba93n%40googlegroups.com.
