"Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?" when viewing *.ipynb

[iurisegtovich]

The issue

Getting the message "Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?" when viewing an *.ipynb on a GitHub blob page.

• Probably a problem with the GitHub notebook viewing tool - sometimes github fails to render the ipynb notebooks, I believe that is some temporary (and recurring) issue with their backend

A workaround

Try to open that notebook that you want using nbviewer online, you don't need to install it.

• Open "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/"
• Paste the link to your notebook, (e.g. "https://github.com/iurisegtovich/PyTherm-applied-thermodynamics/blob/master/index.ipynb") there and then you get "http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/iurisegtovich/PyTherm-applied-thermodynamics/blob/master/index.ipynb"

This site nbviewer works independently of github.

• If some notebook rendered in nbviewer appears different from rendered in github, then append "?flush_cache=true" to the end of the nbviewer version url to force it to rerender.
  e.g.
  http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/iurisegtovich/PyTherm-applied-thermodynamics/blob/master/index.ipynb
  becomes
  http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/iurisegtovich/PyTherm-applied-thermodynamics/blob/master/index.ipynb?flush_cache=true

[TVMKISHORE]

I checked in multiple networks.
I used Explorer, Firefox,chrome . But still I get 'Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?'
Not able to view .ipynb books.Any help?

[TVMKISHORE]

I am actually trying to access books at below link.
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/examples/udacity/1_notmnist.ipynb
But when I try to access today , there is no problem . I can view them without any issue!

[Bowiemb]

This issue just popped up for me as well. I can't view any ipynbs in Github. Any thoughts/advice?

[redwanhuq]

Also having this issue with ipynbs in GitHub all of a sudden.

[Bowiemb]

Now, it's working again... weird..

edit : for me at least.

[redwanhuq]

Weird indeed. It's working again...

[sansinghsanjay]

I am also facing same error, "Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?". Tried reloading around more than 25 times.

Still stuck at this. Using chrome on Ubuntu-16.04. Also tried after upgrading chrome but still facing this issue. Any help/suggestions?

[sansinghsanjay]

Thanks @iurisegtovich ,

I had seen your previous reply and already tried these links and found them working.

But still I am not able to open https://github.com/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb
Its a 2.83 MB size ipynb file on github.

Although I am trying some random things/suggestions like installing nbviewer (https://github.com/jupyter/nbviewer). I don't know exactly that installing this would be helpful or not, but I am trying.

Kindly, requesting for any concrete solution/suggestion.

Thanks

[iurisegtovich]

try to open that notebook that you want using nbviewer online, you don't need to install it, i will try with that link you sent: open "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/" paste "https://github.com/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb" there and then you get "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb" This site nbviewer works independently of github. It works for me, I hope it will work for you too On Aug 21, 2017 15:55, "Sanjay Singh" <notifications@github.com> wrote: Thanks @iurisegtovich , I had seen your previous reply and already tried these links and found them working. But still I am not able to open https://github.com/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb Its a 2.83 MB size ipynb file on github. Although I am trying some random things/suggestions like installing nbviewer (https://github.com/jupyter/nbviewer). I don't know exactly that installing this would be helpful or not, but I am trying. Kindly, requesting for any concrete solution/suggestion. Thanks — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[sansinghsanjay]

Thanks @iurisegtovich

It worked for me too.

Thanks a lot.

[georgeliu1998]

Now I'm getting the same error (Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?), tried many times refreshing, but still not working...it's so frustrating.

[iurisegtovich]

try to open that notebook that you want using nbviewer online, you don't need to install it, i will try with that link you sent: open "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/" ans paste the notebook link. this is an independent tool that may work when github doesnt

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[georgeliu1998]

Thanks Iuri! Since my repo is a private one, it won't load. I've reported to GitHub and they were able to reproduce and are looking into it.

[sarahaguasvivas]

I got the same problem. I am able to read on Github two of the three trial links. Notebook opens in nbviewer.

[kilojoules]

I'm having this problem. https://github.com/kilojoules/numerical_experiments/blob/master/burgers/POD.ipynb

[shakarnwal]

Even I was having this problem. I had a jupyter notebook in one of my private repositories and it wasn't able to open. Then I just made it public and it worked. Now I changed it to private again and its working.

[yqren2005]

I am having this issue also, even a small notebook (60K) can not be opened in Github.
https://github.com/yqren2005/Coursera_DL/blob/master/Convolutional%20Neural%20Networks/week2/KerasTutorial/Keras%20-%20Tutorial%20-%20Happy%20House%20v2.ipynb

All my notebooks can be opened in nbviewer.

[vikramvinay]

I am having this same issue ,and the size of mile is(28K) not opened in GitHub.
https://github.com/vikramvinay/Titanic-Machine-Learning-from-Disaster/blob/master/Titanicc.ipynb

[rnk20]

Open the notebook after 12-13 hours, press reload button 2 3 times it will be rendered.

I think the problem is with github not the notebooks.

[ModMaamari]

I can open others' .ipynb notebooks , but when I try to upload my notebooks the error :
"Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?"

[isht7]

I am getting this error in my repository now.

[bobknox42]

I am getting the same issue, I tried with a an extremely simple notebook with a markdown cell & code cell featuring 2+2 and it throws the same error "Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?"

[xue-jun]

I'm getting the same error ("Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?") when I try to open *.ipynb files, in both my public repo, and the private repo of my organization.

[snehamani25]

I'm getting this error as well. Not able to view any of my *.ipynb files on my GitHub repos.

[kunal-soni]

I'm getting this error right now. Not able to view any of my *.ipynb files on my GitHub repos.

[james0032]

It seems like it has been an issue for a while. And my newly created repo had the same symptom as well. nbviewer is a work-around. We will keep this issue open and see if there's anyone could figure it out.

[bharatgurbani]

still same issue. Github must solve it.

[BjornFJohansson]

Same issue on private repo.

[zyzhu2000]

Wow. A five year old bug.

[tirth-hihoriya]

try to open that notebook that you want using nbviewer online, you don't need to install it, i will try with that link you sent: open "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/" paste "https://github.com/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb" there and then you get "https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb" This site nbviewer works independently of github. It works for me, I hope it will work for you too On Aug 21, 2017 15:55, "Sanjay Singh" notifications@github.com wrote: Thanks @iurisegtovich , I had seen your previous reply and already tried these links and found them working. But still I am not able to open https://github.com/NikolasEnt/Vehicle-Detection-and-Tracking/blob/master/VehicheDetect.ipynb Its a 2.83 MB size ipynb file on github. Although I am trying some random things/suggestions like installing nbviewer (https://github.com/jupyter/nbviewer). I don't know exactly that installing this would be helpful or not, but I am trying. Kindly, requesting for any concrete solution/suggestion. Thanks — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

Can't use this with private notebooks.

Ya, such an annoying problem

[vineetred]

How is this issue been open for over 5 years and still not be fixed?

[ghaiyur-musubi]

Don't feel an external viewer should be a fix to this issue

[gosuto-inzasheru]

Some comments on this issue have been made by GitHub staff here: https://github.community/t/ipython-notebooks-are-not-rendered/13884/9

(I also suggest continuing the discussion there, it appears this issue is not related to this specific repository.)

[zecevic-matej]

I second the opinion that an "external viewer is not a fix" considering that private repository content cannot be accessed.
Can confirm this issue for a private repository on all available notebooks (5+).

Update 3 hours later: upon checking now (i.e., could have been earlier) the notebooks load again.

[DanielGoldfarb]

I do not think anyone on staff at GitHub is paying any real attention to this thread.

However the following thread appears to have at least one GitHub staff member looking at it (at least sometimes):
https://github.community/t/jupyter-notebooks-can-not-be-displayed-in-github/14377/7?u=danielgoldfarb

[smaxwell953]

I'm in the same boat. When I try to open an ipynb file I keep getting "something went wrong". Amazing that it's still an issue years later.

[OscarBastardo]

I am having this issue with a 790 KB notebook.

[Ghassen-Cherni]

Same issue...

[Manu10744]

Is this seriously something that was reported 5 years ago and still persists?
l o l

[jgajera]

Facing this issue today!

[astanziola]

Incredibly, this is still an issue

[smaxwell953]

So am I, yet again. It's inexcusable. Come on, GitHub, you can do better than this!

[iamsouravbanerjee]

Each and every day facing the same issue again and again.

[ttamg]

I too have been getting this error quite a lot. Can you share with us how this actually works in the backend? Is it generating the render just the once and saving it so we can see it, or is it being generated on the fly, in which case it seems the render machines are easily overloaded?

Love Github, but this is one issue it would be nice to fix please.

[DanielGoldfarb]

@ttamg @iamsouravbanerjee @smaxwell953 @astanziola @jgajera @Manu10744 and everyone else:

As I mentioned above, I do not believe anyone from GitHub is looking at this thread. So while it is great that everyone is posting here so we can see just how much this is affecting people, I don't think it will get GitHub's attention.

I would suggest that you all also post here: https://github.community/t/jupyter-notebooks-can-not-be-displayed-in-github/14377/ and in particular address @nethgato (a GitHub staff member) on that thread. If you have a LinkedIn account, you may also try sending inmail to Nat Friedman, the CEO of GitHub, and/or to Erica Brescia, GitHub's COO.

[tsitsvero]

Disconnecting/reconnecting from VPN sometimes allowed to load notebook...

[salihmarangoz]

I have solved the problem by rendering notebooks by myself and publishing HTML outputs directly. All done automatically using "Github Actions" + "nbconvert" + "Github Pages". All HTML outputs are pushed to another branch. After a successful rendering previous HTML outputs are being deleted, so not using any extra disk space.

See my repository: https://github.com/salihmarangoz/github_ci_nbconvert

[maziyarpanahi]

I see this issue for Jupyter notebooks on GitHub every now and then. Pretty annoying and no matter how many times I refresh or change the browser, it just doesn't load.

However, from time to time when I see this issue I just do the following and refresh again:

Enabling Disable cache in the Network tab seems to enforce something that makes it work often. (just be careful to disable it again since it makes browsing the Internet very slow as it won't cache anything 😊 )

[jefferythewind]

Yeah I'm getting this too now every time, and i want to point out that the proposed solution does not work for private repos.

[marcejohnson]

Getting this issue intermittently. Github could you please improve the backend preview renderer? Cache the results so we always get a cached render rather than the error.
*.ipynb are important to many companies, and is a "show stopper" to intermittently fail like this -- causing our management to look at github alternatives (which I'm advising against since you provide support?).

[ghost]

I have observed that the repository names (and file names) with underscore cause issues when creating a link with the nbviewer. Try removing underscores. This solved issue for me.

[ambitiousrahul]

I have observed this pattern in my case that it comes when the jupyter file is large , in almost of my use cases, when I was able to replicate this defect , the size was more than 4 MB

[MohamadAbdulrahman]

same issue

[joaoambiente]

The same issue is happening in my gists.
In my case, the file's size is only 6 KB.
The filename contains underscores, but I have other filenames with underscores that present no problems.
The rendered blob is never displayed.
The source blob is always displayed.

[sergylog]

Same for a couple of years