I don’t think you are having issue running the container - so it shouldn’t be any issues around cache/cookies/etc.
It’s possible something got messed up in the VM - maybe you accidentally deleted a key file or who knows - sometimes they just kind of break. One way that should work is to use the last resort option here to delete your container on the CodeAlly dashboard. Then open the project again on freeCodeCamp, it will create a new container for you - since you have all the files saved, just copy them into the container → rebuild the database using the command in the instructions → add executable permissions to the scripts → run the tests - I think you need to run your insert_data script manually, as well.