Not all IDs successfully submitted when using bulk uploader

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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.):

Step 1: Upload photos to bulk uploader

Step 2: ID photos within bulk uploader

Step 3: Submit observations

Step 4: See that some of your IDs did not publish

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I reported having the same problem some months ago. I was told that I probably wasn’t actually attaching IDs, but I’m sure that I was. After that I started submitting a smaller number of observations at once, no more than about 50, and haven’t had the same problem.

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Same! Thanks for the tip.

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Same problem. I make all my observations with a digital camera, so often I add 100 or more observations. I always triple check my observations for correctness, but once it said that I had observed a White tailed Deer as a dandelion.
I’m gad someone else also had the problem

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We generally recommend you don’t add more than about 50 photos per session to the upload page.

@cammie how many photos had you been adding? It would also be helpful if you can take screenshots of the upload page before you press submit.

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Here is an example. I’ve started to now add observations in about 25 batches, and this still happened.

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Yeah, definitely more than that. :grin: Maybe there should be an advisory about the limit on the bulk uploader page.

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