Flickr API returned an error message (function upload, message Filetype was not recognised)

Question

Sometimes I can't upload to Flickr from Lightroom classic.
What I tried nut did not help:
Latest version which is Lightroom 13.5
Authenticating my account again

And finally restating the PC, and then attempting to upload two times, first time it did not work, then it worked the second time.
There's isn't a issue with Flickr, as I can upload to flickr.
Any ideas what it can be? the issue seems to be with LIghtroom.

I dodn't know why it works now, nor why it didn't work and why rebooting and trying two times made it work, or if that actually helped, or if something else solved it.

johnrellis · Answer

"here's isn't a issue with Flickr, as I can upload to flickr." It's likely a Flickr issue. As you can see searching the LR and Flickr forums, over the years Flickr has hiccuped now and then with intermittent bogus errors that go away after a few hours or days. This particular error message has resurfaced a few times:https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157647059658014 https://flickr.com/groups/1418686@N25/discuss/72157628026317903/ https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/export-from-external-drive/m-p/11538742#M208906   Some of the users report that both the Adobe and Friedl Flickr plugins experienced the errors, further pointing at Flickr itself. That you can upload to Flickr via a browser isn't dispositive, since that uses a different code path than a plugin uploading via the Flickr API.

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