Questions tagged [error-message]
For questions concerning various error messages that users receive throughout the site..
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Unspecific "An error occured, please try again" when uploading animated GIF (supposedly supported)
When I try to upload an animated GIF that is smaller than 2MB, the uploader UI gives me the unspecific error message "An error occured, please try again".
I've tried multiple times, I always ...
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Allow tag-only edits when the post is mostly images/code
I'm editing tags on posts according to this post: What should we do with all of these symfony tags?.
Sometimes, when the posts are bad, I vote to close and/or downvote, but I still (sometimes) edit ...
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Error: unusual error updating your profile
When I try to edit my profile, it redirects to a new page with this weird message.
No VPN Connected
Happening on all sites, tested in askubuntu.com, Thanks to @Lino
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"There are too many pending edits" on a locked post [duplicate]
I tried to edit this question to remove the "best way" phrasing to make it less opinion-based, but when I try to do so I got this error:
There are too many pending edits on Stack Overflow. ...
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Unable to post code and error on Stack Overflow (while asking question) - {} not seen, whitespaces and Ctrl+K doesn't work
I wanted to post a question on Stack Overflow.
I tried posting a code with its error. But, it showed some indentation error in code.
I was not able to find any {} above to resolve the problem. ...
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Erroneous "no longer accepting answers"... Or?
Recently when I attempted adding an answer to my own question I got the "we are no longer accepting answers from your account..." error message when attempting to post. I'm fairly sure my ...
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Poor contrast on "custom flag too long" message in dark mode
This also happens in SOfT, but that isn't considered on-topic here..
When flagging a comment (or post) in dark mode on Stack Overflow, and the message is too long, the warning/error is somewhat ...
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How can I avoid "An error occurred submitting the edit" error message? (working July 13th)
July 13th: it works again, so far.
July 12th: I have (again) some of my answers I cannot edit (others can edit them, but I cannot)
"How to make git maintain a git.properties file containing ...
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Are code fences officially preferred yet? User found error message saying otherwise!
I found a question on SO where the asker had been presented with an "error" message:
Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly ...
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The "Report ad" functionality doesn't work; the URL it attempts to post to results in a 500 error
I'm trying to report an ad (for reasons that are not relevant here). I open the "Report Ad" dialog, fill in the information required, including a screenshot of the ad itself, but the attempt ...
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"You cannot register at this time" error when trying to register on Meta Stack Exchange
I wanted to upvote the feature request Can we have a way to edit bounty custom message?
But when I attempt to create the account on meta.stackexchange.com I get this dialog
The "Log in" ...
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I can't upload an image from the clipboard [duplicate]
Not sure whether this is the right place. If I try to upload an image (pasted from clipboard or from the file sys), an error is raised.
{"Success":false,"Error":5,"...
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Again: It was not possible to perform this tag search at this time due to an unexpected error
When opening https://meta.stackoverflow.com/ the following error is shown:
It was not possible to perform this tag search at this time due to an unexpected error.
Probably related to the deployment ...
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Server Error: Failed to upload image; an error occurred on the server
I can't upload images.
I'm using Chrome in MacOS Monterey. The image is a snapshot. I tried to use paste, and to upload from the local storage. It's a less than 200KB jpg.
The upload image dialog ...
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Improving the error page with relevant, current information
When Stack Overflow is down/offline, we usually see the "Stack Overflow is currently offline" page with a bunch of error code images and links to stackstatus.net and SO's Twitter page at ...
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