# Codecrafters ping command fails in codecrafters repo

**URL:** <https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/codecrafters-ping-command-fails-in-codecrafters-repo/16024>\
**Category:** Challenges\
**Tags:** challenge:redis\
**Created:** [April 5, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/codecrafters-ping-command-fails-in-codecrafters-repo/16024 "2026-04-05T07:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![wigiwee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/wigiwee/32/3080_2.png) [@wigiwee](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/wigiwee)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/codecrafters-ping-command-fails-in-codecrafters-repo/16024/1 "2026-04-05T07:43:13Z")

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i haven’t touch this repo for 9 months

i tried cloning the repo and then doing `codecrafters ping` the command still failed

this is my github repo [GitHub - wigiwee/codecrafters-redis-java · GitHub](https://github.com/wigiwee/codecrafters-redis-java)

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**Author:** ![wigiwee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.codecrafters.io/wigiwee/32/3080_2.png) [@wigiwee](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/wigiwee)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/codecrafters-ping-command-fails-in-codecrafters-repo/16024/2 "2026-04-05T09:26:09Z")

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the solution was to go to the stage ‘local setup` and follow those instructions

i remember that repo worked few months ago but didnt work when i opened it now, anyways i got it working now

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/codecrafters/original/3X/7/0/700657133935c15703e22c7c8870394f6e6dc27d.svg) [@system](https://forum.codecrafters.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.codecrafters.io/t/codecrafters-ping-command-fails-in-codecrafters-repo/16024/3 "2026-04-10T09:26:48Z")

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