# I cannot upload a GIF, for a non-descript error appears
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** uploads, fixed
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808 "2026-03-19T13:09:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808/1 "2026-03-19T13:09:32Z")
For [`meta.discourse.org/t/398803/1`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-connect-mastodon-ap/398803/1), I attempted to upload an `image/GIF` file. However, Discourse returns a non-descript error, despite the file being 15 FPS, and \< 600 KiB:
> ```JSON
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> "status": 422,
> "statusText": "",
> "httpVersion": "HTTP/2",
> "content": {
> "mimeType": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
> "size": 63,
> "text": "{\"errors\":[\"Sorry, but your upload failed. Please try again.\"]}"
> },
> "redirectURL": "",
> "headersSize": 438,
> "bodySize": 501
> },
>
> ```
> ****
>
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> > "name": "file_name",
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>
> Don’t worry; I’ve `jq 'del(.. | objects | .headers?, .cookies?)'`'d it.
#### My Environment
1.
> ****
>
> ```sh
> #!/usr/bin/env sh
> rpm -qf $(desktop=$(xdg-settings get default-web-browser); cmd=$(grep -h -m1 '^Exec=' /usr/share/applications/$desktop ~/.local/share/applications/$desktop 2>/dev/null | cut -d= -f2 | sed 's/ %.*//'); which "$cmd") \
> --queryformat "$(
> cat <<'EOF'
> Name: %{NAME}
> Version: %{VERSION}
> Release: %{RELEASE}
> Architecture: %{ARCH}
> Install Date: %{INSTALLTIME:date}
> Size: %{SIZE}
> Signature: %{SIGPGP:pgpsig}
> Source RPM: %{SOURCERPM}
> Build Date: %{BUILDTIME:date}
> Build Host: %{BUILDHOST}
> Packager: %{PACKAGER}
> Vendor: %{VENDOR}
> EOF
> )"$'\n' | yq -P
>
> ```
2.
> ```YAML
> Name: firefox-nightly
> Version: 150.0a1
> Release: 20260318213336
> Architecture: x86_64
> Install Date: Thu 19 Mar 2026 00:30:41 GMT
> Size: 381497708
> Signature: (none)
> Source RPM: firefox-nightly-150.0a1-20260318213336.src.rpm
> Build Date: Wed 18 Mar 2026 23:57:37 GMT
> Build Host: 14431e7c045f
> Packager: (none)
> Vendor: Mozilla
>
> ```
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808/2 "2026-03-19T13:30:05Z")
I also needed several attempts to upload my image for [Field alignment issues in LLM cost configuration in German - #6 by Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/field-alignment-issues-in-llm-cost-configuration-in-german/396948/6).
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808/3 "2026-03-19T13:32:33Z")
Hey there, we’re aware and are fixing.
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808/4 "2026-03-19T14:18:36Z")
Thanks for your patience folks, we should be good now.
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### Author:  [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808/5 "2026-03-21T00:00:50Z")
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