OSError: [Errno 99] error while attempting to bind on address ('::1', 8484, 0, 0): cannot assign requested address

[MatteoGisondi]

Python version(s): 3.10.13 / 3.11.7

mkdocs-live-edit-plugin = "^0.1.4"

...
INFO    -  Documentation built in 21.14 seconds
INFO    -  live-edit websocket server starting
INFO    -  live-edit websocket server thread started
Exception in thread Thread-5 (server_thread_main):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/live/plugin.py", line 221, in server_thread_main
    asyncio.run(self.event_loop())
  File "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/asyncio/runners.py", line 44, in run
    return loop.run_until_complete(main)
  File "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 649, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
  File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/live/plugin.py", line 207, in event_loop
    async with serve(
  File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websockets/legacy/server.py", line 1098, in __aenter__
    return await self
  File ".venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websockets/legacy/server.py", line 1116, in __await_impl__
    server = await self._create_server()
  File "/home/user/.pyenv/versions/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/asyncio/base_events.py", line 1519, in create_server
    raise OSError(err.errno, 'error while attempting '
OSError: [Errno 99] error while attempting to bind on address ('::1', 8484, 0, 0): cannot assign requested address
INFO    -  [09:28:22] Watching paths for changes: 'docs', 'mkdocs.yml'
INFO    -  [09:28:22] Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Fix:

/live/plugin.py

async with serve(
        self.websocket_receiver,
        "localhost",
        self.config['websockets_port']
    ):
    ...

async with serve(
        self.websocket_receiver,
        "127.0.0.1",
        self.config['websockets_port']
    ):
    ...

PR coming shortly 😃

[EddyLuten]

Thanks for finding and fixing this issue! I've verified the fix locally and everything seems to work right. I'll make sure to include it in the next release.