Title: Proxy Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Proxy Error

 *  Resolved [serenawest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serenawest/)
 * (@serenawest)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-error-1/)
 * Hi all,
    Can someone tell me what this means?
 * > Proxy Error
   > The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
   >  The
   > proxy server could not handle the request GET /wp-admin/edit.php.
   > Reason: Error reading from remote server
   > Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Server at serenawestra.com Port 80
 * It shows when I want to edit the pages on my site. I installed dummy conten but
   I cannot get rid of it anymore 🙁
    Thanks!

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-error-1/#post-4516485)
 * Have you asked your host about this error?
 *  Thread Starter [serenawest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serenawest/)
 * (@serenawest)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-error-1/#post-4516486)
 * Will do that now,
    Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [serenawest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serenawest/)
 * (@serenawest)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-error-1/#post-4516725)
 * In the end, I just deleted my database and started from scratch. That seemed 
   the easiest options since I did not have much content to loose. Thanks for the
   help though

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## Tags

 * [invalid response](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/invalid-response/)
 * [remote server](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/remote-server/)

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 * Last reply from: [serenawest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serenawest/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-error-1/#post-4516725)
 * Status: resolved

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