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When a Mirror Will Not Load

A mirror that will not load is the most common problem on a darknet market, and it is the one with the fastest fix. The address is usually fine and the circuit is not, or the set has rotated and the address is not. Here is the order to work through it, from the thirty second fix to the full check.

The quick fix

Build a new circuit. A stalled address is almost always a stalled circuit, not a dead address. New circuit, wait for the build, try again. If it loads, that was it, and the rest of this page is for the times it is not.

Try the next address

If the new circuit does not help, the address is the problem, not the circuit. Go to the mirrors page and copy the next one. All mirrors lead to the same account, so switching addresses does not lose anything. If the next one loads, the first one was under load or hit, and the set is doing its job.

The full check

If none of the addresses load, the set has probably rotated. Pull the canary from a source you trust and compare it to the list you have. If the addresses you are trying are not on the signed list, they are retired, and the current set is on the canary. Re copy, re verify, and you are back in.