Issue with Uploading Files in ChatGPT

I’m experiencing an issue with uploading files in ChatGPT. I receive the message: (“Cannot upload file”), and after that, the system prevents me from adding any more files or images, even though I haven’t successfully uploaded any today.

I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps:

  • Refreshing the page,
  • Logging out and back in,
  • Using a different browser,
  • Clearing cache and cookies,
  • Trying on a different device.

Unfortunately, the issue persists. Could you please assist me in resolving this?

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I am having a similar issue. Tried to upload several PDF files, ranging from 1 MB to 5 MB. Getting “Unknown Error Occurred” message each time. I asked GPT if they are experiencing broad issues with uploads. It said no.

I’ve been having issues with this as well, I know its session based because new chats always take the upload fine but if you continually upload in the same chat, it just says it can’t access it.

I made a support ticket but havent heard back

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There were some Google hits on this issue happening for a bit back in May 2024. I am glad that i found the community forum with other people experiencing this issue now.
I was getting frustrating as i was using it for work to experiment with tokenizing some of our quality program. I thought i had hit a data limit or something because of the size of the documents.
Im just happy to discover its not something unknown on my end causing the issue.