# Observation falsely stuck as awaiting upload/syncing

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-falsely-stuck-as-awaiting-upload-syncing/19581>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** ios-classic-app\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-falsely-stuck-as-awaiting-upload-syncing/19581 "2021-01-20T05:31:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![leahfulton1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/leahfulton1/32/12405_2.png) [@leahfulton1](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/leahfulton1)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-falsely-stuck-as-awaiting-upload-syncing/19581/1 "2021-01-20T05:31:41Z")

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**Platform** : iOS

**App version number** : 3.1, build 624

**URLs of any relevant observations or pages** : [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68353697](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68353697)

**Screenshots of what you are seeing** :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/b/be26d6453fb198f5e423fed6e8bc310c82034962.jpeg)  
[https://imgur.com/qdxdl3i](https://imgur.com/qdxdl3i)

**Description of problem** : One of my observations (uploaded via the app) was stuck with the “needs uploaded” symbol (it IS shown as uploaded on the web). I tried to close the app to restart it and even updated both the app and my phone but it is still suck this way.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-falsely-stuck-as-awaiting-upload-syncing/19581/2 "2021-01-20T20:15:15Z")

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If you log out of the app and log back in, does it now show as waiting to upload?

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-falsely-stuck-as-awaiting-upload-syncing/19581/3 "2025-08-14T01:22:42Z")

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Closing as there is a new mobile app for iOS and the old app is no longer being developed. See [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-next-app-soft-launch-for-iphones/55277](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inaturalist-next-app-soft-launch-for-iphones/55277)