Title: Publishing/Draft/Update Failed
Last modified: November 19, 2018

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# Publishing/Draft/Update Failed

 *  [KurtGriffith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtgriffith/)
 * (@kurtgriffith)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-draft-update-failed/)
 * I have a client with a frustrating issue. This problem popped up a few days ago.
   GB 4.3 on WP 4.9.8. He started to relentlessly get “Update Failed” “Save Draft
   Failed” “Autosave Failed”, “Publishing Failed”… well, you get the idea. The plugin
   became completely unusable. But just for HIM, on two different sites.
 * With hair-tearing frustration, I have not been able to reproduce the behavior
   on my system with any combination of Platform, OS, Browser, or device. We’ve 
   not been unable to figure out what difference in his access that … well, makes
   a difference. Why should the same install work for me and fail for him?
 * Since they is my client’s live, working sites, he has disabled Gutenburg utterly
   and has switched back to the Classic Editor and installed _Advanced TinyMCE_ 
   to increase it’s functionality. So I can’t further test in different environments.
 * I felt he dove into using Gutenburg prematurely, having been impressed with the
   slick visual “block” interface. Now he has become rather hostile to _“[Derogatory
   Characterization] Gutenburg”_ and has become, somewhat understandably, very critical
   of Gutenburg’s development team, practically on the eve of the WordPress 5 release.
   I plan to recommend he (and other clients) NOT update the to the initial release
   of WP5 until at _least_ a round of bug-fixes and updates, and absolutely not 
   until safely after the holiday season!
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [KurtGriffith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtgriffith/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [KurtGriffith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtgriffith/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [KurtGriffith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kurtgriffith/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpublishing-draft-update-failed%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [grndrm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grndrm/)
 * (@grndrm)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-draft-update-failed/#post-10901495)
 * I just ran into a similar issue. Using GB 4.5.0 and WP 4.9.8. The “Update Failed”
   message appeared when trying to update a post.
 * The fix for me was to clear my browser’s cache AND cookies.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [grndrm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grndrm/).

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