For 2 days now I am unable to save an article in my sandbox that I've been writing since the 7th Jan., because I repeatedly receive a notification: "Wystąpił błąd podczas kontaktowania się z serwerem Parsoid/RESTbase (HTTP 404)" = Error while contacting the server Parsoid/RESTbase (HTTP 404).
My article: https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedysta:DaLoetz/brudnopis3&veaction=edit
This does not happen when saving any other Wiki article edited by me.
Any new text, editing etc., added to the article, does get saved by the system after I switch off my laptop, which means that I can resume editing without losing any work from the day before but will not be able to publish it.
I use VisualEditor only.
I work on Windows 10 Home, version 1909, Google browser.
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T266971 "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server" (HTTP 404/403) and similar errors (catalog) | |||
| Duplicate | None | T271680 Parsoid/RESTbase (HTTP 404) |
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There is a frustrating bug where VisualEditor is unable to save edits in some cases if you had the browser tab open for more than 24 hours (T235822).
You can work around this by:
- Viewing the same page in a new browser tab
- Opening the editor in this tab (make sure it does not restore your auto-saved edit – if it does, close the editor, discard your changes, and open it again)
- Copy-pasting the entire page contents from the eitor in the the old tab to the new tab
- Saving in the new tab
(Only do this if you're sure you're not overwriting other people's edits, in this case it's your sandbox so it's fine.)
Please let us know if this worked, if so, and I'll merge the tasks.
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Many thanks for your immediate reaction and assistance!
Yes, your advice has helped and I was able to save the copy-pasted version.
Best regards.