Running FCC Locally: Error loading a result for the page query

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I’m following the guide for setting up FCC locally. However, when I visit localhost:8000 I get a blank page and see errors like this in the terminal:

Error loading a result for the page query in "index" / "/". Query was not run and no cached result was found. ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\me\Documents\webdev\freeCodeCamp\client\public\page-data\index\page-data.json'

Error loading a result for the page query in "404.html" / "404.html". Query was not run and no cached result was found. ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\me\Documents\webdev\freeCodeCamp\client\public\page-data\404.html\page-data.json'

Am I missing files? I think my MongoDB setup is OK, because the build prints this:
fcc:server freeCodeCamp server listening on port 3000 in development +2s
fcc:server connecting to db at mongodb://localhost:27017/freecodecamp +1ms
fcc:server db connected +31ms

And here’s what I got when running npm run seed:
fcc:tools:seedLocalAuthUser Connected successfully to mongo +0ms
fcc:tools:seedLocalAuthUser local auth user seed complete

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Welcome, thdU.

That is expected. They should not be errors, but are warnings. You will see similar warnings/errors in the browser console of the client.

Are you sure you have:

  1. npm ci
  2. The database server is still running, when you are visiting the page?
  3. npm run develop shows no errors as it is developing?
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Thanks for confirming those warnings are expected. I left for lunch and let the terminal sit running, and when I came back suddenly the FCC page rendered. Maybe it just takes a while to render the first time? Wish I had something more conclusive to share, but I’m all set now. Looking forward to contributing.

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On my laptop, it can take upwards of 15min. For the most part, I have resorted to using GitPod.

For future help, remember to post some logs here. They help a lot.

I format them like this, to keep the forum tidy:

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Cheers