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Error message at last step without indication where

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I just uploaded over 20 images, writing all the entries per hand. At the end before publishing I got an error message, but without any indication where. An emotional rollercoaster took place before I found two images with identical names. Do I recall wrong, that errors were once marked in red? It is really hard to find an error in a list that is several monitor heights long. MenkinAlRire (talk) 22:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1 --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 11:41, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MenkinAlRire Hi, thanks for your message, and I'm sorry for never replying to you before now, but for some reason I never got this notification. Anyway, this is a bug we're working on, but we didn't find a solution yet. Hopefully I will let you know more in the next couple of weeks, I'll try to push a bit harder for its solution. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 08:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sannita (WMF): Nice. Thank you for your answer. (I didn't expect an imidiate answer; I had written on several issues) MenkinAlRire (talk) 11:50, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Similar filenames

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i dont get it. how was it possible to upload to such similar filenames? RZuo (talk) 16:37, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @RZuo, thanks for your message, and I'm sorry for never replying to you before now, but for some reason I never got this notification. I don't know why UW failed so badly at recognizing the same title. Would you be so kind to open a Phab ticket about it, and link it back to me? I'll pass it on to the devs as soon as I get my eyes on it. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 08:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed size of description field

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Tracked in Phabricator
Task T376595

When I upload several files, fill in the "description" field and copy it with the copy button to the rest of the files, the "description" fields get a fixed size (for about 2 lines of text) and a scrollbar. It is very annoying, as I usually add some extra info to every file, and now I have to scroll all the "two-line" fields to check and add the text. It looks like it has changed recently, can you remove the fixed size setting? Nova (talk) 11:14, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Nova, thanks for your message. I'll open a Phabricator ticket about it and will let you know. Probably it's going to take some time, though. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 08:47, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploads down? Very slow

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I'm trying to upload one of my photos, and every time, it jams at "Processing files". Is there something wrong with the upload system at the moment, or might my photo be corrupted in some way? I've never had this happen before. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 12:01, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, it has uploaded at last! - MPF (talk) 12:17, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the past few days, Upload Wizard has been very slow. It takes minutes to upload a file that earlier would take a few seconds. Tagooty (talk) 13:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Good to know it's the system and not my pictures 😂 - MPF (talk) 14:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The behaviour I see is when I start uploads, it runs at 1-2 MB/sec for a few seconds. Then it slows down to < 1KB/sec for long periods. Intermittently, there is a burst of 1-2 MB/sec for a few seconds. Seems like a problem with the Commons server. --Tagooty (talk) 15:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @MPF and Tagooty: Feedback from 28 October: the problem persists, and now the system has problem with uploading with files as small as 10MB. Similar to your case, they always stuck at the end of the progress bar with endless "processing". Maybe you may want to report the problem on COM:VPT? Thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 14:25, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to upload photo with Upload Wizard

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Hi, I've been trying to upload a few pictures for an hour now without success. I waited several minutes "in a queue"; after that, the upload failed with the message "server did not respond within the expected time.". The old form works for me, but it is very inconvenient. I use Chrome browser with "Old Vector (2010) skin." I have also tried Vector (2022) - but it does not work either. -- Jakubhal 17:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is File:Hala_Turbacz_w_Gorcach,_20241019_1119_6238.jpg the file in question (Edit: nevermind, i see some attempts from earlier so it is probably one of those. Still would be useful to know exact time and filenames)? For these types of issues, it would help to know the exact date and time (preferably in UTC timezone) of when the attempted upload was and what the file's name would have been (or what the file's name on your computer was, even if the final name would have been something different) even if the upload never succeeded. Bawolff (talk) 03:48, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Jakubhal. - Jmabel ! talk 15:27, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't remember the exact time (minutes). I tried multiple times on Tuesday, 29th of October, between 17:30 and 19:30 CET. It was File:Czoło Turbacza w Gorcach, 20241019 1115 6233.jpg - finally, it uploaded but with an error (I have to add a caption and structured data later separately). Before that, I have also tried a couple of times with File:Budynek Gorczańskiego Ośrodka Historii Turystyki Górskiej na Turbaczu, 20241019 1142 6248.jpg but gave up and upload it using the old form. The next morning, the problem did not reoccur, and I uploaded multiple files without any problems. I noticed that during my Tuesday attempt, there was some massive upload ongoing by one of the bots, so maybe it was a temporary overload, but it was still very inconvenient for me to share my work ---- Jakubhal 20:41, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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