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Hi. I'm just looking for some clarification on what the file upload limitations are for the site. From what I've gathered, the file size limit seems to be roughly 8mb before it fails. As I mainly upload gifs, a lot of my media contributions do just scrape by this limit. I do however compress each gif to reduce the file size.

Recently, the upload system seems to be quite finicky with what files it will accept. I receive 504 Gateway Time-Out errors more often now, even with gifs that are smaller than 8mb, aren't particularly large (sometimes won't even upload 480×480) and none are that long.

I don't know if this is an underlying problem or just part of the site limitations, so any info that can clear this up would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I believe it's an underlying problem. However, I'm not sure exactly what constitutes a 504 timeout (aside from mainly size), as I've uploaded gifs in the past around 5mb (or larger) in size which continuously caused 504's, yet I've also managed to upload images/gifs larger than that (but under the limit) without a problem.
So pretty much, it's just an annoying problem; the actual limit is as stated by the site. Just try reuploading the gifs a couple of times and if you're lucky it'll pull through.

Thanks for the reply Muffin.

Part of the issue I have had is that some gifs which are quite small in file size (2mb) still return 504 errors, which don't resolve by retrying the upload. I know my upload speed can have an effect on this, but I think 20 mbp/s up should be fine in most cases.

Also, just because I haven't noticed it anywhere, whereabouts does the site state the file size limit?

504 Errors are commonplace for me also, I haven't had a GIF upload that went without it since last year. Best solution is to just wait it out, as a 504 Error doesn't completely abort the upload process. Give it about 5 minutes and check your image gallery to see if it uploaded successfully, Anything that is below 8 MBs should finish uploading.