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liberty_7405
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June 5, 2026
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Error 18 Indesign trying to publish to Adobe Cloud

  • June 5, 2026
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Hi really hoping someone can help with the misery I’ve had all week.
 

For the past few months I’ve been uploading portfolios from Indesign to Adobe Cloud. This week it’s suddenly stopped working. I’ve attached the error code I get and have searched all the other threads mentioning this specific error and nothing works :(

There’s enough space in my account to upload the file (I deleted some files just in case that was the issue). I’ve tried uploading different files but anything more than a text doc gets the same error message. Logged out of everything and logged back in – no change. Used different wifi networks – no change, still the same error message.

Can anyone provide any help before I go insane? Been trying for 3 days now and am completely out of ideas 

    1 reply

    Abhishek Rao
    Community Manager
    Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    June 5, 2026

    Hi ​@liberty_7405,

     

    Sorry to hear you've been dealing with this. Could you please let me know your exact InDesign version and macOS version? Also, try opening File > Published Dashboard, removing any older published documents, and then publishing again. If you're using Publish Online, please test once with Allow PDF Download disabled and see if that makes any difference.

    Additionally, could you check whether the issue occurs in a new local admin user account on the same machine? If possible, temporarily disable any VPN, proxy, firewall, antivirus, or endpoint security software that could be interfering with Adobe's upload services. It would also be helpful to try publishing while connected through a mobile hotspot to completely rule out any network filtering issues.

    If the issue persists, please package one of the failing documents and test whether a brand-new document containing only simple text publishes successfully. You can also review these Adobe articles for additional guidance:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/troubleshoot-publish-online-errors.html

     

    Let me know how it goes. Looking forward to hearing back. 

    Abhishek

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