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Robertson_NC
6 months agoHelpful | Level 5
Error 500 when trying open shared links
Is this genuinely fixed? Now when I visit links to individual files—folders seem to work fine and these are not links I tried when the site was down—the file preview pops up as expected and then is a...
mattdoubleyoo
Explorer | Level 4
I'm still getting this error on all files sent to me, even after purging my browser cache.
Any update on this?
Nancy
6 months agoDropbox Staff
Hi Robertson_NC and mattdoubleyoo. Have you tried different browsers, as well?
The incident we had earlier today has been resolved by our team, so I’d like to investigate this further.
- ghost236 months agoNew member | Level 2
I am also facing this same error message and it was not resolved by the steps you mentioned above in this thread.
- Cooper88m6 months agoNew member | Level 2
I'm also facing this error when trying to share files, specifically .mov.
It flashes the file preview and then shows the error message.
- Anglo Team6 months agoNew member | Level 2
Still getting this error and people i'm sending links to are also getting it
- Robertson_NC6 months agoHelpful | Level 5
Nancy — My customers are reporting the same error when I send them single links. They are able to access folders, but not individual files.
- mattdoubleyoo6 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Ive tried and it's working in safari, but still not working in chrome even after clearing the cache and restarting the computer.
- Robertson_NC6 months agoHelpful | Level 5
Mine is doing the opposite: I can access single links in Chrome, but not in Safari. I have cleared the cache a dozen times (via both key command and the Develop menu), restarted the app and restarted the computer.
I can't speak for what browsers my customers are using but I would assume different ones on different platforms.
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