For some reason the iNat uploader is extremely shy. If there’s even a slight hint of a less than perfect internet connection, it will immediately terminate the uploading and leave the page full of “could not be uploaded” observations. Often times it’s very much like swiss cheese. Half of the observa…

We added some retries for local upload errors (previously retries were only for server issues). @silversea_starsong @queercussp @dlevitis @dgreenberger can you let us if you’re still running into these errors now?

I also have had this problem many times. I upload in batches of 30-50 photos, and if I’m spending an evening uploading several such batches, I almost always have at least one batch that I re-upload because some of the photos failed to upload.

[image] dlevitis: I almost always have at least one batch that I re-upload because some of the photos failed to upload. it’s probably not necessary in most cases to reload the whole batch. as noted in another thread: [image] Flaw in the way broken uploads get handled you do have an indica…

I find it faster to close the page and re-drag the same set of files, which I’ve left selected, into the upload page, than to record the file numbers of the missing files, select just those, and drag them in.

This happens to me during every batch I upload, whether it’s 10 obs or 40. I guess my internet is a little jittery too. Maybe it’s my ignorance but I think it’s bizarre behavior for the upload to fail during brief connection drops. Other upload interfaces across the internet simply pause until the c…

Does anyone here move the photos on your computer while they’re still being uploaded in the browser? That’s caused me issues before, although I imagine you’re not doing this.

No, I drag and drop and wait hands off.

On my end, my testing has shown it’s not related to that, nor anything to do with the files themselves (I can upload nearly blank 1kb files and the same issue occurs). It’s evidently entirely related only to internet connection. I do still hope that some more “patience” can be coded into the upload…

Similar experience - number of files doesn’t seem to be a direct factor. Indirectly more photos means more time which means more time for connection to fail. Connection reliability varies a lot where I’m based - it can be weeks with few problems, but then suddenly it’s cutting out every 5-15 minutes…

If possible, can someone experiencing this open up their browser’s Network panel (View → Developer → Developer Tools and click on Network. Then drag and drop some photos and, if any of them fail, please send us a screenshot of the entire panel? Below is a a screenshot of part of the panel, showing …

[image] tiwane: we’re interested in the Status column, espcially for any errors that show there based on: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/pictures-upload-failing-when-creating-a-new-observation-via-web-browser/34497/85 … some of those errors were things like connection resets. will you even…

Retry Uploads on the Browser Uploader

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tiwane August 11, 2023, 10:17pm 21

Whoops, thanks! Fixed.

Addressing "loading metadata" hangs for low bandwidth users

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Retry Uploads on the Browser Uploader

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