Failed to start WordPress server (Windows 10)

[ElwinBran]

Quick summary

Since 1.7.7, my website cannot be started using WP Studio.
The previous version (downloaded around october 2025?) worked just fine. First time launcing the website after the update worked as well.
It should not be relevant anymore, but did put the computer in sleep mode with WP studio running.
Today exported website, fully clean installed WP studio and still same error.

Steps to reproduce

1. Press start on my website
2. Wait for website to start

What you expected to happen

3. Wordpress studio complete starting wordpress instance

What actually happened

"Failed to start WordPress server" popup with reference to the logs

Impact

One

Available workarounds?

No but the app is still usable

Platform

Windows

Logs or notes

`[2026-04-06T11:42:10.998Z][info][main] [CLI - site ID fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] �[32;1mSuccess:�[0m Imported from '/wordpress/studio-backup-sql-2026-04-06-13-41-24.sql'.
[2026-04-06T11:42:11.150Z][info][main] SQLite import stdout: �[32;1mSuccess:�[0m Imported from '/wordpress/studio-backup-sql-2026-04-06-13-41-24.sql'.

[2026-04-06T11:42:32.427Z][info][main] [CLI - site ID fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] http://localhost:8881
[2026-04-06T11:42:35.192Z][info][main] Starting server for 'My WordPress Website'
[2026-04-06T11:42:52.512Z][info][main] [CLI - fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] Starting process daemon…
[2026-04-06T11:42:52.551Z][info][main] [CLI - fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] Loading site…
[2026-04-06T11:42:52.569Z][info][main] [CLI - fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] Setting up SQLite integration, if needed…
[2026-04-06T11:42:53.498Z][info][main] [CLI - fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798] Starting WordPress server…
[2026-04-06T11:43:16.855Z][erro][main] Error occurred in handler for 'startServer': CliCommandError: [Last error message] Failed to start WordPress server: WordPress server process exited unexpectedly
[Base message] Failed to start site
[Exit code] 1
[2026-04-06T11:43:16.870Z][info][main] Stopping server with ID fb30522b-5dfc-47bd-a1ed-fff8bc359798
[2026-04-06T11:43:31.371Z][info][main] Server is not running
`