Strapi run develop gives frequent server error, plus: getting "an error occured" message when trying to save changes in admin panel and strapi goes into endless load mode

pfffh - sorry for being, well you know.

Is it strange that if I delete node.modules, and run npm audit, it still returns the errors from the node.modules folder
I tried clearing the cache, but it didn’t make any difference?

Should I just continue on your list and try to install again?