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 ## Code owners and maintainers
 
 - [Aranja](https://github.com/orgs/island-is/teams/aranja/members)
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+If you encounter any issues while setting up or running the BFF service, please refer to the [Troubleshooting Guide](TROUBLESHOOT_GUIDE.md)
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+# BFF Service Troubleshooting Guide
+
+## Common Issues and Solutions
+
+- Make sure that you are running the `dev` script and not `start` script. For example when running the service portal you should run:
+  `yarn dev service-portal` and not `yarn start service-portal`.
+
+- Make sure to install dependencies and run code generation with the following command:
+  `yarn install && yarn codegen`.
+
+- Make sure to login to the correct AWS account and region:
+
+  - Run `aws sso login --profile islandis-dev` to login to the correct AWS account.
+
+- Not necessary but a nice to have is to have Redis server running:
+
+  - Run `yarn dev-services services-bff` to start Redis server.
+  - This is necessary if you want the sessions to persist.
+
+- Make sure that you are not running the same service twice, since you could already be running a service like API.
+  Lets take `yarn dev application-system-form` as an example. This script starts the following services:
+
+  - `yarn get-secrets application-system-api`
+  - `yarn nx run application-system-api:dev-services`
+  - `yarn nx run application-system-api:migrate`
+  - `yarn nx codegen/backend-schema api`
+  - `yarn nx run services-user-profile:dev-init`
+  - `yarn nx run service-portal:start-bff`
+  - `yarn start application-system-form`
+    So make sure that you are not running the same service twice.
+
+- If you are running the service on Windows, we recommend using [WSL2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) for running the services within the repo.
+  This is because all of the scripts generated by the `infra` package are not tested on Windows and may not work as expected.
+
+- On macOS, the AirPlay Receiver is listening on the same port as the Redis server, e.g. 7000. Either change the port or disable the AirPlay Receiver.
+
+- If everything fails, then a good old computer restart might do the trick.