# Desktop uploader disaster

**URL:** <https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135>\
**Category:** Contributing and equipment\
**Created:** [June 6, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135 "2020-06-06T07:17:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/1 "2020-06-06T07:17:45Z")

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The latest version hardly works.

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**Author:** ![tastrax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tastrax/32/68356_2.png) [@tastrax](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tastrax)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/2 "2020-06-08T01:17:28Z")

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I uploaded about 16,000 images yesterday without any issue (apart from 50 images with no lat/longs). Another 16,000 uploading now.

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**Author:** ![tastrax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tastrax/32/68356_2.png) [@tastrax](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tastrax)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/3 "2020-06-08T23:30:10Z")

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Second upload has issues and is failing every 1,000 or so images

PS - I am also unable to load images to forum messages any longer

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**Author:** ![filipc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/filipc/32/1103_2.png) [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/4 "2020-06-09T07:13:34Z")

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That was my problem.

I uploaded friday evening and the pictures appeared monday evening.

It must be something related to the server side.

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**Author:** ![tastrax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tastrax/32/68356_2.png) [@tastrax](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tastrax)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/5 "2020-06-09T07:29:59Z")

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A better error message would be useful for sure, so we can get some idea on what is going wrong

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**Author:** ![koninklijke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@koninklijke](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/koninklijke)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-disaster/4135/6 "2020-06-11T21:49:24Z")

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Using v1.2.4, find that several nights in a row uploads in the order of 3500 pics stalled like a half dozen times; once pics were eventually published in one series only 2/3 of pics were visible after four days, and just 1/3 of another series; also used the web-uploaded in the new Edge, which worked flawlessly.  
Sent mail to support@mapillary, and after prompt message from Said log.log files ; awaiting what ails …