Connection problem with 2 child sites (other 23 worked fine)

Hello everyone,

I was able to successfully connect 23 websites to mainWP. However, the following error message always appears for 2 sites: “Unable to connect to the site. Please verify that your Admin Username and Password are correct and try again.”
Is there any way to get more information about this, any log files? (I have checked username and password of course)
I have also checked the “Server Information” on the child sites in the plugin. Everything is ok except "SSL Warnings = empty error:03000082:digital envelope routines::invalid key length error:03000082:digital envelope routines::invalid key length error:03000082:digital envelope routines::invalid key length "
I checked the certificates with an external tool and everything seems to be ok. Above all, other sites also show this warning, but they were able to connect without any problems.
The hosting (I am a reseller hoster myself) is the same on all sites, including the main settings. I have also deactivated plugins on the sites (especially security plugins), but without any change.
Does anyone have a tip for me or how I can get more information about the error?

Best regards
Christopher

EDIT: This is the according event log for a site with this problem (added blanks to links, because only 2 links in post allowed, so don’t wonder):

2025-06-06 12:27:24 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: http status: [200] err:
2025-06-06 12:27:24 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: [https:// petramichaelabrunner .com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php] postdata [user=xxxxxx&function=register&mainwpver=5.4.0.11&pubkey=-----BEGIN+PUBLIC+KEY-----%0AMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAxhlOrlKcJxlgAVjMAfzC%0AVGZG%2BbPhWjIfv2DEHQ0wQ85ta2mn%2BZODdkjRdIQVbj38hMnaTWNcBFG%2BVhrnqN5M%0A%2ByPo9mKdByzOqicoA%2FjcZ36WuLbiTcaIr9HgjN6zdczynVtSepqP3VosoIZHVYc5%0A%2BDjl8tzmwx58yQK211EXHkfLIdYFgesICF9ju9%2FloSoK00sSRwyhu3uF211bxX5u%0AM1A9P%2BtAN1xFxoMz%2FtLMBQ9fSKX2yHzvT%2BuQTBCDR1iyYrQrZnQgrD7NaF6GRiZj%0ASkG0Mb6P8PFDEey12lMhLBnmhSsf8jTjzX5%2FfPNYCQwxL4vX6tTy05MKl%2FeaMpZ0%0ARQIDAQAB%0A-----END+PUBLIC+KEY-----%0A&server=xxxxxx&uniqueId=&userpwd=%2522Gkf1%253Bv%257D%253AGQ%257DLm%29GO.%253AjD] information: [OK]
2025-06-06 12:27:23 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: http status: [200] err:
2025-06-06 12:27:23 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: [https:// petramichaelabrunner .com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php] postdata [user=xxxxxx&function=stats&mainwpver=5.4.0.11] information: [OK]
2025-06-06 12:27:23 :: register site :: https:// petramichaelabrunner .com/
2025-06-06 12:27:23 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: Executing handlers
2025-06-06 12:27:22 [-] [-] ::fetch_url_site:: Executing handlers

Hey @Christopher

Welcome to the MainWP community!

Do the users that you’re using to connect these two sites have full admin rights?
Have their roles or rights been modified in any way using third party plugins or tools?

Can you try disabling the password requirement in the MainWP Child settings and see if that helps? Note that this will not reduce the security of the connection in any way.

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