Platform (Android, iOS, Website): macOS Monterey v. 12.2.1 App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About): Browser: Happens in both Firefox and Chrome, both updated to most recent versions. URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: Screenshots of …

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.

Is this still happening to anyone?

Yes, sorry for the late reply. Out of town for work. Still the same issue. [Screenshot 2022-04-27 at 11.46.37 AM]

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. Sh…

The problem suddenly resolved itself as of this morning. I’m in Indonesia, so maybe a network glitch.

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.

very slow uploading today. I am in Germany.

@tiwane Getting this a lot recently – observations get stuck on “Loading metadata…” for 15+ minutes, even with a single observation. Looks like a request to https://www.inaturalist.org/photos hangs indefinitely. Happy to provide more details as necessary. [Screenshot 2024-02-25 at 8.27.07 PM] Edi…

Can you share a photo (as an email attachment or via somethjing like Google Drive to Dropbox) with help@inaturalist.org so I can try it out?

Metadata loading suddenly very slow

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astmuc May 23, 2024, 3:57am 22

Thanks for your advice. Please keep in mind, that a RST packet is sent by the server.

It it just me or is Inat being really slow?

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