Unknown Error on all Articles

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· Articles & templates ·
By stickpig71 on 12/08/2025
· Assigned to katerinach
· Waiting for Response

I am receiving an Unknown Error message on all articles I have previously created and posted. When I click on the Attempt a Fix button, it simply opens another page with the article tree to the left and WA logo in the middle. This is happening in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Steps to Reproduce

Navigate to any article I have created and posted.

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Google Chrome

Related Entity

All articles - nothing is working.

History

katerinach @ 09 Dec, 2025 09:36:00 Assignee

Hey stickpig71, I took a look at your account but everything seems to be working as expected and saving seems to be working - this might be a local cache desync on your side, so to check and resolve this:

  • Clear your browser cache and cookies
  • Logout
  • Login again
  • If this is still happening, try another browser or in incognito mode
  •   Beside cache it can also be that some kind of Anit-Tracking / Anti-Virus / other security software is preventing some requests of World Anvil making the right checks. Test the following to see if that may be the case:  
  • Try disabling all software like Norton etc. ,
  • Try using the same browser in Incognito mode (normally disabled any plugins and extensions) ,
  • Try using a different browser
  • If it continues , use a mobile phone on a 4G/5G network so see if you can access the website with al your features activated
  • So try these and let me know if this still persists after those steps!

    katerinach @ 09 Dec, 2025 09:36:18 Assignee
    Assigned katerinach
    katerinach @ 09 Dec, 2025 09:36:27 Assignee
    katerinach Added tag Waiting for Response
    DragonThread @ 10 Dec, 2025 09:37:08

    For me, the error is only when I go to create a new article. It doesn't matter how I create, I always get the error message. Eventually the attempt fix button works.

    Tyson_ot_NW @ 14 Dec, 2025 08:00:20

    Same, any time I create an article in Firefox I get

    . It does show up in the article hierarchy as Untitled and if It close the error and change the name it seems to save.

    katerinach @ 15 Dec, 2025 11:58:27 Assignee
    Bug has duplicate Can't create articles
    Arirthos @ 15 Dec, 2025 11:58:44

    Getting the same issue using Vivaldi or Firefox, even with extensions disabled. Tried on mobile using duckduckgo browser, seemed to work fine, only red text was the usual minimum 3 character title one you get.

    katerinach @ 18 Dec, 2025 10:09:30 Assignee

    This issue should now be largely resolved since we've released a couple of fixes in the last few days - is anyone is still encountering it, please let me know!

    Tyson_ot_NW @ 22 Dec, 2025 01:28:01

    I am no longer getting the error.

    katerinach @ 22 Dec, 2025 07:41:04 Assignee
    set this bug to closed
    stickpig71 @ 22 Dec, 2025 10:23:52

    I've been able to confirm - the issue is on my end. I've used other computers and there are no issues. The virus protection on my work system is clearly the problem. Thanks!