localhost chrome on catalina

Question

I can not get localhost to work on chrome after upgrading to macOS Catalina. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why I was getting this message

localhost normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Google Chrome tried to connect to localhost this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be localhost, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Google Chrome stopped the connection before any data was exchanged.

You cannot visit localhost right now because the website sent scrambled credentials that Google Chrome cannot process. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.

(I wish I had taken a screen shot)

Answer 1

I don't know if this is the "best" solution but it got me able to code again so I figured I would share. I was seriously stuck and couldn't find any answers and saw someone mention this solution to another issue. Go to chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost and change to enable.

Hope this helps someone else. I know this isn't really a question but there's not really a way to just share this. I guess I could use twitter and reddit.