Reels Not Uploading or Stuck Processing

Common causes and fixes: specs, audio rights, connectivity, cache, and re-encode flow.

What to do

Identify the failing stage: file upload, validation, processing or publication. Keep the master file, play the actual export and compare it with the composer's media guidance.

Practical example

An editor checks a new export and the recorded publishing result before replacing a stalled upload.

Check your result

Preserve the error and existing identifier. Repeated submissions can create duplicates if the first attempt later completes.

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