<p>There's a 99% chance you're running old version of MAMP that needs to be upgraded.</p>

<p>The host that <a href="https://elliott.craftcms.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://elliott.craftcms.com</a> lives on recently dropped support for TLS 1.0, which what your stack is trying to connect with.</p>

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2018-03-21T00:59:20.637Z
I'm getting the same error. `2018/03/21 00:52:48 [error] [application] Error in Craft\Et::phoneHome. Message: [curl] 35: Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to elliott.craftcms.com:443  [url] ` I didn't have this issue in January on MAMP Pro 3.5.
Andrea DeMers
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2018-03-22T07:33:35.300Z
@AndreaDeMers Does updating to the latest MAMP fix it?
Brad Bell
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2018-03-22T14:24:03.500Z
I don't know since I'll be using Homestead in lieu of MAMP.
Andrea DeMers
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2018-02-27T22:28:01.563Z
Brad Bell
<p>I just cloned a production site to run in a local environment to test and make sure the site was compatible with PHP7 in preparation for a production server upgrade. For the most part, it seems to have migrated without any issue, except for when I try to check for updates, I get the error: <code>Craft is unable to determine if an update is available at this time.</code> Similarly, the edition button at the bottom of the dashboard gives the error: <code>Craft is unable to fetch edition info at this time.</code></p>

<p>I tried deleting my license key and clearing caches to no avail, but then I checked logs and noticed this error had been showing up:</p>

<pre><code>2018/02/26 23:50:58 [error] [application] Error in Craft\Et::phoneHome. Message: [curl] 35: Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to elliott.craftcms.com:443  [url] https://elliott.craftcms.com/actions/elliott/app/checkForUpdates
</code></pre>

<p>I can’t seem to find any other mention of this issue on StackExchange or elsewhere - any ideas? Thanks so much in advance.</p>

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2018-02-27T00:56:05.437Z
If I were you, I'd check and see if curl is installed and up to date. If you let me know what type of local environment you're using (e.g. macOS/Homebrew/Valet, MAMP, Homestead, Ubuntu, etc.) I can help you figure it out if you don't know how.
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Craft unable to determine if an update is available?
# Craft unable to determine if an update is available?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-27)

I just cloned a production site to run in a local environment to test and make sure the site was compatible with PHP7 in preparation for a production server upgrade. For the most part, it seems to have migrated without any issue, except for when I try to check for updates, I get the error: Craft is unable to determine if an update is available at this time. Similarly, the edition button at the bottom of the dashboard gives the error: Craft is unable to fetch edition info at this time.
I tried deleting my license key and clearing caches to no avail, but then I checked logs and noticed this error had been showing up:
2018/02/26 23:50:58 [error] [application] Error in Craft\Et::phoneHome. Message: [curl] 35: Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to elliott.craftcms.com:443  [url] https://elliott.craftcms.com/actions/elliott/app/checkForUpdates

I can’t seem to find any other mention of this issue on StackExchange or elsewhere - any ideas? Thanks so much in advance.

**Tags:** error-message, error, updates
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If I were you, I'd check and see if curl is installed and up to date. If you let me know what type of local environment you're using (e.g. macOS/Homebrew/Valet, MAMP, Homestead, Ubuntu, etc.) I can help you figure it out if you don't know how.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-27. Score: 1

There's a 99% chance you're running old version of MAMP that needs to be upgraded.

The host that <https://elliott.craftcms.com> lives on recently dropped support for TLS 1.0, which what your stack is trying to connect with.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: I'm getting the same error. `2018/03/21 00:52:48 [error] [application] Error in Craft\Et::phoneHome. Message: [curl] 35: Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to elliott.craftcms.com:443  [url] ` I didn't have this issue in January on MAMP Pro 3.5.  
> **username_2**: @AndreaDeMers Does updating to the latest MAMP fix it?  
> **username_3**: I don't know since I'll be using Homestead in lieu of MAMP.  

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