Platform (Android, iOS, Website): macOS Monterey v. 12.2.1
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Browser: Happens in both Firefox and Chrome, both updated to most recent versions.
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Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):
After a snorkelling trip, I generally upload the images (after cropping, etc.) from my Mac. Never had a speed problem before. Camera is not new, image sizes are similar. It seems to be taking nearly 15 minutes per image to “load metadata” where before this has been a fleeting message.
Step 1: I select the images from the uploader.
Step 2: I identify and add locations
Step 3: I try to submit the observations and the whole thing sits and eventually fails.
I’ve tried with my usual batch size and now with a much smaller batch size, but it seems to be nearly impossible to get more than a few observations at once, which kind of defeats the purpose of the batch uploader.
Just want to report that I’m having similar issues recently. I thought it was maybe my internet being slow, but if others are experiencing it as well …
I’m on phone wifi with bad connection, but I upload 10-15 photos at once without failure from uploader, so I’d check this side of things first, maybe reloading router, something like that.
We’re not seeing any changes on our end, so we suspect it’s something local. What would be helpful is to go to the uploader, open up the network panel in your browser, and add some of these photos. Wait a few minutes, then scroll to the bottom of the network panel and send us a screenshot of it. Should look something like this:
Metadata has been loading very suddenly periodically over the past 6 months. It’s become exceptionally bad this past week. Currently I’m only able to upload about 5 photos at a time. When all stars and planets are in alignment, I’ve uploaded 100+ quickly.
