# Failed image upload blocks topic creation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-image-upload-blocks-topic-creation/36038>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [26 Noviembre, 2015 07:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-image-upload-blocks-topic-creation/36038 "2015-11-26T07:39:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [26 Noviembre, 2015 11:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-image-upload-blocks-topic-creation/36038/3 "2015-11-26T11:00:06Z")

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Is the 0% uploading after previous failure a known issue? Is a hard refresh the only fix?

The failure appears to be due to the size of the image, I can upload smaller GIFs without issue. Is there any way to return an error rather than sit at 100% and then trap the user at 0%?

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