The listener for activity function was unable to start. DurableTask.AzureStorage: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

[lipalath-ms]

I was successfully running Azure Durable Functions locally and now I am not able to run them and am getting the following error. Not sure what has changed -- any pointers on what to look at would be most appreciated.

For detailed output, run func with --verbose flag.
[2025-01-16T23:37:11.872Z] The listener for function 'Functions.CreateThresholdNotificationFunction' was unable to start.
[2025-01-16T23:37:11.875Z] The listener for function 'Functions.CreateThresholdNotificationFunction' was unable to start. DurableTask.AzureStorage: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:10000). Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:10000). System.Net.Http: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:10000). System.Net.Sockets: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
[2025-01-16T23:37:46.519Z] The listener for function 'Functions.LoggerFunction' was unable to start.

I tried adding this setting "AzureWebJobsSecretStorageType": "files" as suggested in #3795 (comment) but still running into the same issue. What am I missing?