Unable to post updated answer

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I faced the following error while trying to post an update to my existing answer, https://stackoverflow.com/a/63253721/10819573:

Not being sure where to report this bug, my first attempt was to report to Stack Overflow support. However, on submitting the issue, I got the following message:

Then, I found this helpful answer by Cody Gray and I am posting the problem here.

Whenever I encountered that error (no indication on something specifically wrong with the edit), it was usually just a temporary connection error and clicking again on Save Edits worked... — Tomerikoo, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:26
@Tomerikoo - I tried this option. I tried even in a different browser but nothing worked. For sure, this is a bug. In fact, I wanted to post the content of the answer in this question as well but here also I got the error: An error occurred submitting the edit. It looks like there is only way to submit the content to the Stack Overflow team is via the email. — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:27
stackoverflow.com/contact/submit is not a correct contact page i.sstatic.net/zVuKt.jpg it will be stackoverflow.com/contact — STA, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:31
@sta - If you click the Contact Us at the bottom of this page, you will be redirected the page where I first tried to report the problem. Once you submit the form, the address in the browser will become stackoverflow.com/contact/submit — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:35
I see you added some links in the edit. This is just a guess, but if the same edit raises the same error here, maybe it's something about the system blocking the links... Try to submit the edit without the links themselves and see if it works — Tomerikoo, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:37
Yeah, same as what @Tomerikoo says, I recall problems with Oracle links as well, those [3] and [4] links could be the culprit. — rene, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:39
I have tried all options. My network blocks Pastebin, so I have put the content at ideone. Is anyone able to edit my answer and post the content? — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:52
@Live and Let Live I just I tried and submitted successfully — STA, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 18:58
@sta - Where did you post? My answer, stackoverflow.com/a/63253721/10819573 is still the same. I requested to post the content from ideone editor to stackoverflow.com/a/63253721/10819573 — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:10
@sta - It's another confirmation that there is indeed some bug because of which Stack Overflow support form too showed the Technical Difficulty page. I had put the content of my answer in the support form and probably there is something in the content which Stack Overflow forms are not able to handle. The content is available in the ideone editor for Stack Overflow developers to investigate the issue. — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:18
@LiveandLetLive The content at ideone is wrong, as it invalidates URLs, so it wouldn't be possible for people looking at that content to investigate — Nick is tired, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:26
That said, I could post the edit fine after manually adjusting the links based on your screenshot here — Nick is tired, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:29
Thanks, @Nick for posting the update. Much appreciated! What did you adjust in the content? — Arvind Kumar Avinash, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:31
@LiveandLetLive Domains on ideone are replaced with https://<first char of domain>...content-available-to-author-only...<end of domain>/ (see this screenshot), I copied the content and just replaced the domains with what they were meant to be based on your screenshot, so in theory... i didn't modify the content you were trying to submit — Nick is tired, Commented Feb 7, 2021 at 19:32

animuson · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-08 16:59:23Z

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That is a generic error message that is not ever sent from our server. It is directly in the client-side code to handle the "could not connect to the server" issue. Based on your screenshot, you are experiencing connectivity issues and the save failed simply because a connection could not make it through to us.

That also means there isn't anything we can do. It is not an issue with us.

answered Feb 8, 2021 at 16:59

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Hi animuson♦ - Thanks for the answer. Why is it happening with this particular answer? In fact, when I put the content of the answer into the support ticket, even the ticket could not be raised. What is that I was not able to submit it but Nick (kindly) could submit it?
– Arvind Kumar Avinash
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 17:01
If it's only occurring there, possibly something on your network is blocking the request based on text within the request. Would not be the first time it's happened. We see it a lot with people trying to submit SQL queries on corporate connections.
– animuson StaffMod
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 17:02
Oh...Ok...Got it...maybe because of my VPN connection to my corporate network...Thank you.
– Arvind Kumar Avinash
Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 17:04

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