Now that’s some funny way to present an error message (Web browser: Firefox). It showed up after I had a tab open for several days and then trying to write a comment (luckily I was expecting problems and had the text saved, because after the error message the text was gone - which might be posted …

I got one like this yesterday that spelled out “not found.” Weird…

I also got a similar message like that yesterday while trying to fave a observation.

I believe this was a bug fixed yesterday: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/checking-no-its-good-as-it-can-be-fails-to-save-record/32001/8 (If you had refreshed the page, I suspect you would not have received the error.)

I thought this report was for the way the error was formatted, not the error itself?

I’ve not seen any errors recently, so no.

I just saw it. I tried to add this observation to various projects: [image]

[image] zdanko: I thought this report was for the way the error was formatted, not the error itself? The error message formatting issue (or improvement, maybe? :wink:) is a separate bug from the failing to save bug. Working on a fix.

Based on the topic title, I thought the same thing. The other topic that Cassi linked seems to be for the failed to save error.

[image] Star3: I tried to add this observation to various projects: Interestingly, it added the observation to the projects despite the error. Wen I tried to add an Identification to this other observation , however, I got the same error but it didn’t save my ID. In both cases, the message i…

'interesting' error message display

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bouteloua May 20, 2022, 5:19pm 6

Are you seeing a similarly formatted error message today?

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Failed to save record (in 2026) Bug Reports	8	124	February 7, 2026
Checking "No, it's good as it can be" fails to save record Bug Reports	6	330	May 19, 2022
"Failed to save record"... again Bug Reports	4	384	March 27, 2021
"Failed to save record. Please try again later." error coming up when I try to add an ID Bug Reports web , mobile-app	56	489	February 8, 2026
Failed to save record Bug Reports	4	557	May 26, 2020

'interesting' error message display

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