# Could not connect to Processing Server

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/could-not-connect-to-processing-server/28748
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/could-not-connect-to-processing-server/28748 "2021-03-23T05:03:33Z")
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### Author: ![QQQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e9bcb4/32.png) [@QQQ](https://discourse.processing.org/u/QQQ)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/could-not-connect-to-processing-server/28748/1 "2021-03-23T05:03:33Z")

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> getting message - could not connect to processing server. Contributions cannot be installed or updated without internet connection. My internet is connected and I have tried disabling windows defender - nothing works. I am trying to install Python mode.

Java.net.socketecception: address family not supported by protocol family: connect at Java.net.dualstackplainsocketim.connect0(native method)

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### Author: ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/could-not-connect-to-processing-server/28748/2 "2021-03-24T22:02:25Z")

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Hi,

Welcome to the forum! 😉

Did you retry to download Python mode today? Maybe the servers were down for a moment…