# Upload button missing website/ios/iPad **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [September 17, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507 "2026-09-17T07:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/1 "2026-09-17T07:24:24Z")
**Platform** : **App version number** , if a mobile app issue: **Browser** , if a website issue: Safari **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: **Screenshots of what you are seeing** : **Description of problem** : the upload button is not showing, started about 12 hours ago I have powered down and up, changed the page size format, logged in and out, moved between pages but no change. Same problem using Firefox. Step 2: Step 3: ![Your Home · iNaturalist United Kingdom](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/2/a/2ab4ed61f865726ee05f510f0d062791660820f0.webp) ---
**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/phma/32/54376_2.png) [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/2 "2026-09-17T08:28:05Z")
Try again. I uploaded a lot of observations after iNat came back up. ---
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/3 "2026-09-17T08:44:21Z")
No change ---
**Author:** ![jeanelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jeanelz/32/68062_2.png) [@jeanelz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jeanelz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/4 "2026-09-17T09:23:30Z")
Try using [inaturalist.org](http://inaturalist.org) the upload button is there in Firefox. [uk.inaturalist.org](http://uk.inaturalist.org) : I cannot get into that site from Firefox, it just endlessly loops at the cloudflare verification page. I tried Edge: there I can get to the page even though the cloudflare page takes very long. The upload button appears on Edge and it on clicking takes me to the upload page. @phma were you on the UK page? ---
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/5 "2026-09-17T10:49:48Z")
Thank you, but no button on [inaturalist.org](http://inaturalist.org) either ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/6 "2026-09-17T13:38:43Z")
your screen is smaller than the page expects. recently, the iNat overseers began testing some new mobile-friendly dynamic layouts for various pages, and you may want to opt into that test. try going into your account settings, and under the Account section, look for a Test Groups section. join the mobile-friendly mode test, and then refresh the page. you should get a new layout that should work better on your small screen. if you’re not willing to opt into the test or the option isn’t availabe, i think your only other option for now is to decrease the size of the elements on your screen. i’m not sure how Apple handles that sort of setting, but i would expect therre to maybe be a display zoom setting or maybe a display text size setting. alternatively, maybe the browser itself has a zoom setting. ---
**Author:** ![dusterdb88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dusterdb88/32/75784_2.png) [@dusterdb88](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dusterdb88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/7 "2026-09-17T14:04:45Z")
Thanks for the report! This is actually a bug introduced yesterday caused by a change that was supposed to remove the upload button on smaller phone screens to prevent the header from overflowing. As a unintended side-effect it removes the button whenever the header goes off the screen, which can be at larger screen sizes. As @pisum mentioned, joining the mobile-friendly mode test group helps this, because it reduces the chances of the header going off screen. However, the bug still exists in that test group at a small range of widths. We’re working on a fix, but for now you can join the mobile-friendly mode test group, then increase or decrease the width of your browser window and it should reappear. Alternatively, you can use this link for now: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/upload](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/upload) or [https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/upload](https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/upload) ---
**Author:** ![earthknight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/earthknight/32/32879_2.png) [@earthknight](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/earthknight)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/8 "2026-09-17T14:40:30Z")
Just checked. While the button is missing, if you click on your profile in the drop-down menu there is an ‘add observations’ option that’s not there when you’re accessing via a laptop or desktop. Looks like since the screen is not the right size to display everything it moves the ‘add observation’ option to that menu instead. ---
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/9 "2026-09-17T15:56:28Z")
Thank you. Decreasing the elements size didn’t work but the upload button did reappear on joining the test group. ---
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/10 "2026-09-17T15:57:09Z")
Thank you. Yes, joining the test group has resolved the issue. ---
**Author:** ![andrewtree](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/andrewtree/32/17172_2.png) [@andrewtree](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/andrewtree)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/11 "2026-09-17T15:57:43Z")
Thanks for the suggestion. Joining the test group has resolved the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Wouter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wouter](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Wouter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/13 "2026-09-20T18:49:53Z")
**Platform** : **App version number** , if a mobile app issue: android **Browser** , if a website issue: firefox **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:. **Screenshots of what you are seeing** :. **Description of problem** :. Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: ---
**Author:** ![Wouter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wouter](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Wouter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/14 "2026-09-20T18:50:59Z")
I use the website to upload my sightings, and I’m suddenly not able to do this on my mobile ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/15 "2026-09-20T18:56:49Z")
see [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/6](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/6) ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/16 "2026-09-20T23:14:53Z")
I’m moved the above three posts to this existing bug report which has a solution ---
**Author:** ![tayloredtotaylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tayloredtotaylor/32/8951_2.png) [@tayloredtotaylor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tayloredtotaylor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/17 "2026-09-27T10:21:50Z")
Thanks for the bug report and solution all! I’m on a weird set up where one monitor renders in one dpi and another in standard. Just needed to decrease my zoom with ctrl±. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/18 "2026-09-29T19:47:44Z")
OK, a fix for everyone has just been released. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/upload-button-missing-website-ios-ipad/85507/19 "2026-10-03T13:00:39Z")
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