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Add troubleshooting entry for npx version resolution fix
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**Solution**: Ask your IT administrator to add `releases.mintlify.com` to your network allowlist.
</Accordion>
<Accordion title="CLI connects to localhost instead of production when using npx">
In versions before `4.0.1125`, running `npx mint dev` or other commands from a docs
repository could cause the CLI to incorrectly detect itself as a local development
build. This made the CLI point to `localhost` URLs instead of the Mintlify production
API, resulting in connection errors or unexpected behavior.

**Solution**: Update to the latest CLI version:

```bash
npm i -g mint@latest
```
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