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Robertson_NC
Helpful | Level 5
6 months ago

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...
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Nancy
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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.

ghost23's avatar
ghost23
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

I am also facing this same error message and it was not resolved by the steps you mentioned above in this thread.

  • Cooper88m's avatar
    Cooper88m
    New member | Level 2
    6 months ago

    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 Team's avatar
      Anglo Team
      New member | Level 2
      6 months ago

      Still getting this error and people i'm sending links to are also getting it

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