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I have multiple sites inside the same htdocs directory. In one, I removed all the folders except vendor under Web. Now drush will not work (it worked before I moved the folders). But now, it cannot find the database, which is correctly defined in web/sites/default/settings.php

/srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal # ./drush status  PHP binary    : /usr/bin/php  PHP config    : /srv/www/php.ini  PHP OS        : Linux  Drush script  : /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/drush  Drush version : 10.3.6  Drush temp    : /tmp  Drush configs : /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/drush.yml  Drupal root   : /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal 

I am running Drupal 9.0.8 and drush 10.3.6 (in /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal). I have removed drush using composer (2.0.3) and reinstalled it (recreating vendor in the process).

/srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal # ./drush -vvv cr  [preflight] Config paths: /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/drush.yml  [preflight] Alias paths: /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/drush/sites,/srv/www/htdocs/jar/drush/sites  [preflight] Commandfile search paths: /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/src  [debug] Starting bootstrap to site [0.04 sec, 8.17 MB]  In BootstrapHook.php line 32:   [Exception]   Bootstrap failed. Run your command with -vvv for more information. Exception trace:   at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/src/Boot/BootstrapHook.php:32  DrushBootBootstrapHook->initialize() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/consolidation/annotated-command/src/Hooks/Dispatchers/InitializeHookDispatcher.php:44  ConsolidationAnnotatedCommandHooksDispatchersInitializeHookDispatcher->doInitializeHook() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/consolidation/annotated-command/src/Hooks/Dispatchers/InitializeHookDispatcher.php:36  ConsolidationAnnotatedCommandHooksDispatchersInitializeHookDispatcher->callInitializeHook() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/consolidation/annotated-command/src/Hooks/Dispatchers/InitializeHookDispatcher.php:29  ConsolidationAnnotatedCommandHooksDispatchersInitializeHookDispatcher->initialize() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/consolidation/annotated-command/src/CommandProcessor.php:145  ConsolidationAnnotatedCommandCommandProcessor->initializeHook() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/consolidation/annotated-command/src/AnnotatedCommand.php:296  ConsolidationAnnotatedCommandAnnotatedCommand->initialize() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:221  SymfonyComponentConsoleCommandCommand->run() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:1018  SymfonyComponentConsoleApplication->doRunCommand() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:271  SymfonyComponentConsoleApplication->doRun() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:147  SymfonyComponentConsoleApplication->run() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/src/Runtime/Runtime.php:118  DrushRuntimeRuntime->doRun() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/src/Runtime/Runtime.php:49  DrushRuntimeRuntime->run() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/drush.php:72  require() at /srv/www/htdocs/jar/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/drush:4 

I looked at all the above suggestions, but am stuck. Drush works perfectly on my other 5 sites…

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