Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Fail to publish notice.

      It has been a long time since I received those 
annoying, “Fail to publish, please try again later,” notices, but it is happening again virtually every time I attempt to add a comment. It seems to affect some blogs more than others, and the “try again later” attempt never seems to work. The longer the comment, the more likely it seems that it will not be published. 
     If you know that I routinely visit your blog and leave a comment, but have noticed that I have been absent, this is the reason.
     Are you experiencing the same frustration?
David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

I'm a life long birder. My interests are birds, nature, reading, books, outdoors, travel, food and wine.

57 comments:

  1. It happened to me before, but not at the moment. But it keeps asking me to log in, though I am already logged in..so I have to refresh the page, etc.

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  2. No, I have not experienced this for a long time, David. It's not nice at all when blogger don't work as it should.

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  3. It hasn't happened to me either, yet. However, I've used Blogger help and there are some things you can try to clear that up. Hopefully that would work for you.

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  4. Oh no, I hope blogger is not hicupping again, it used to be so frustrating when that happened. Have not had that happen in a long while. I do know that a few times when it happened I hit F5 to refresh or the refresh button and sometimes that worked. now that I typed that, I have noticed in the past week or two, that some blogs, always blogger, there are comments but no sign of a comment box. to fix that I hit refresh and it comes up.. thanks for the heads up, I might feel neglected if there is no comment from you

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    1. Yes, I have also run into the disappearing comment box.

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  5. I've never read this message, when I wanted to leave a comment on a blog anywhere.
    I'm sorry you experienced this!

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  6. ...it hasn't happened recently, knock on wood.

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  7. That hasn't happened to me yet. But sometimes when I reply to comments, my own comments go to the trash.

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  8. Hola, David. De momento sí puedo comentar, pero es cierto que a veces blogger falla...
    Esperemos que ahora no.
    Hasta pronto.

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  9. I often happened in the past, and it isn't so nice, but fortunately Blogger seems to work well lately. Look for Blogger help on the web, maybe you can find the help you need, David dear.
    Daniela

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  10. Hari Om
    Not quite like this, but (very) occasionally I get 'error in posting' message at commenting. I just refresh the page and go again. It usually transpires that I have been posting at exactly the same moment as another commenter and there appears to be a clash with the workings as to who to post first. The fail to publish notice is a little different. Had that quite some time ago (years) and it was related to Google tinkering under the hood. It'll pass.

    My main gripe with Blogger at the moment is that a great many posts are not appearing in timely fashion in my reader, so I am sometimes very late to the party - or miss the date altogether! Hey ho....... YAM xx

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  11. I may have experienced this in the past but certainly not of late! Blogger can glitch sometimes, any blog platform does. Does it do it every time you load the page again?

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  12. I'm not surprised by your post. It happens to me very often. We have to endure it. Blogger constantly innovates. When I have a post written and want to publish it, it disappears forever. It disappears into space....
    Wishing you beautiful November days.

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  13. This has never happened to me on another blog.

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  14. It happened to me with the popup response windows...but once I made it full screen I no longer have this issue. Blogs that have the comment box inside the blog itself without the pop-up windows usually are fine.

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  15. I haven't this problem but today I can't post any image to my blog !
    Bonne soirée !
    Anna

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  16. This happens a lot to me David, but if you click on PUBLISH again it normally publishes the comment. All else fails refresh the page and try again. I usually copy longer comments just in case! Then you can simply paste and try again!

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  17. It does this to me quite often. I try to remember to copy the comment before I press the publish button. But usually it fails to publish only on occasions, I forgot to make a copy....

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  18. Bisher ist mir das nicht passiert. Deine regelmäßigen Kommentare kommen alle an. Ich freue mich immer darauf.

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  19. That is such a pain. I've had that happen in the past. Hopefully google will heal itself soon.

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  20. Very frustrating, hopefully the problem will be resolved soon.

    All the best Jan

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  21. Hello David, the same thing is happening to me with two bloggers, and I have no idea why. It makes me look bad because they do greet me, and it gives the impression that i'm ignoring them. It's a shame; i hope this gets sorted out soon.
    Prends soin de toi; gros bisous.

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  22. I've only experienced it on wordpress blogs, not blogger blogs.

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  23. I know a few people that this is happening to. You can do all the so called fixes but they don't work. Best thing is to report it to google.

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  24. I've had it happen at times in the past but not recently. So far Blogger seems unaffected.

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  25. It happens to me from time to time for no rhyme or reason.

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  26. That's a pain in the neck for sure. Used to happen me but that was a fair while ago so I'm hoping it's going to do the rounds again.
    Very frustrating.

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  27. David, I always see your comments on my blog. I think Blogger is often subject to "changes." Fortunately, these changes then disappear.

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  28. Hello David,
    I hope there are no problems with my blog. Your comments always appear, which I'm very happy about and appreciate.
    Maybe it's a browser issue, or maybe it's actually Blogger's innovations and changes; fortunately, I haven't encountered such a problem.
    Best regards,

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  29. I've never experienced this before, David.
    It's a very annoying problem.
    Greetings Irma

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  30. Hi David - it's a nuisance and I'm not sure I've had that happen. I wait and work my way round it by being patient - and yes WP does now ask me to log in ... a nuisance to put it mildly ... but I'm just grateful to be blogging! I've had 'numerous' commenting hassles over the years ... life of the big boys. Take care - cheers Hilary

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  31. It happens periodically but stops after a few days. It is a nuisance!

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  32. Hi David! The same thing has happened to me sometimes, and sometimes the comments end up in the 'trash'. The program doesn't always work as intended.

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  33. Hello David, that is not nice. I do not have this problem. What I did notice is that by placing a new blog it takes now a few hours to see it in my list of blogs I follow on my blog. I follow myself to be sure it is published. That was never before the case.

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  34. Sorry to hear you're having issues. I've not run into that, but wonder if you've cleared your cache recently. I sometimes find that fixes lots of weird bugs. Run an extra virus scan, clear your cache and reboot. You might also try using a different browser to see if there's a difference. Good luck. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
    Sandy's Space

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  35. I haven't had that problem for a long time Its annoying isn't it

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  36. I hope this fail to publish isn't going around again. It's like the flu, isn't it? Well the flu can be a lot worse I guess. Good luck with it not happening and staying away. And that bog in Orono is pretty cool. Next time I go north for a hockey game I should go check it out as it's been years for me too. hugs-Erika

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  37. Antes pasaba, pero ahora hace mucho que no hay errores en los comentarios. Espero que se te solucione pronto.
    Muchos besos.

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  38. Hi David,
    Very frustrating when you do your best to react. But at the same time difficult to find out what is causing the trouble. Your reaction upon my most recent message on my blog has reached me. So far so good. Hopefully the problem does not last too long.
    Greetings, Kees

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  39. Es kommt immer mal wieder vor das ich keinen Kommentar posten kann dann ist die Anmeldung bei Blogger nicht Richtig bei Blogger angekommen. Aktualisieren hilft manchmal oder ein Neustart.
    Gruß
    Noke

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  40. It used to happen to me a lot. I would ask me to sign in and then start over again and ask me to sign in after I had just signed in. Lately, I don't seem to be having that problem... but it was very frustrating. I hope yours resolves itself soon.

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  41. Oh yes, it happens to me constantly!
    That's exactly why I always copy the comment first before trying to publish it. If it fails, I just refresh and paste it back in. It's the only reliable workaround I've found!

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  42. It happened to me once or twice in the last couple days. After I try immediately again, the comment published. So far so good...

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  43. Interesting. I haven’t had that happen lately, but I have noticed strange things happening on Facebook.

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  44. Hyvä, kun nostit asian esille. Välillä käy niin, että kommentti ei lähdekään, vaan pomppaa takaisin tai oikeastaan kirjoittamani teksti on kadonnut. Aina vain yritän uudestaan...
    Sirpa

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  45. Si que es un fastidio, espero que pronto se solucione. Abrazos.

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  46. Bisous 🎅👼👋💖💛💜💚💙💥🍕🎄🎄🎉🎊🎁🎀

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  47. Oh, that is incredibly frustrating! Technology can be so unreliable exactly when you need it to work. That "Fail to publish, please try again later" error is the worst, especially when you've taken the time to write a thoughtful comment.

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  48. Hello David, I had some problems in commenting especially years ago when I used another browser than nowadays. It's terribly irritating when a long comment disappears and I learned to copy (and paste) them rather soon. :)
    Happy new month of December to you and yours!

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  49. Hola David, que feo que te esté pasando eso. a mi no, hasta ahora al menos todo como siempre.

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  50. ☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´⭐☘️🎅🎅🎅 Gros bisous, David! 😘😘😘
    Have a great week ahead and a happy December 1st!☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´☆.¸¸.•´

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  51. I had the same problem!....last week I couldn't even post!....change bowser and clean cookies....sometimes blogger goes "bipolar"....sometimes it prefers one browser only....good luck!......Abrazotes, Marcela

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  52. Ik heb er geen last van David en jouw berichten komen op mijn blog goed door. Hopelijk is het snel opgelost., frustrerend als je je best en tijd hebt gestoken in het maken van een bericht en het verdwijnt vervolgens.

    Groeten,
    Ad

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  53. Well, now I know why I haven't heard from you for a while.....

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  54. Yes I know that feeling of frustration as well!! xx

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  55. I had that happen to me a couple of months back. Sometimes refreshing the page does the trick. The issue disappeared after a week or so. I hope yours does too.

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