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Chome: "You cannot visit whatever.com right now because the website uses HSTS" workaround

TLDR;

Just type

thisisunsafe

There is no prompt or input, just type it while you have the chrome window focused.

If you are a web developer you have likely run into this error message in Chrome before while trying to access a site which is setup to run on HTTPS and is now running locally.

Full error message

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from somewebsite.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more

NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

You cannot visit local.somewebsite.com right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.

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Thanks to this stackoverflow question I learned that you can skip past if even through there are no actions provided by chrome that are helpful.