Jupyter Notebook won't load on Github

[lfunderburk]

This morning I am getting the same error in all Jupyter notebooks currently saved in my Github account:

Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?

I have logged in Github and opened them from different web browsers, I have cleared my browsing history and logged in back again, and have tried accessing them while logged out. Same error.

From my personal computer and Jupyter-based servers the notebooks are fine, is just Github that will not display them. All was fine as of yesterday.

Please direct me to the adequate resource if this is not the right forum.

Thank you.

[takluyver]

Does this notebook render for you? (That's just a random example I found). There might have been some issue on Github's side - they have their own server to render notebooks.

[lfunderburk]

Thank you for your response @takluyver .

It does. I tried again and they seem to be working now.

This issue may be closed.

[lfunderburk]

Closed. LGF April 21 2018

[abalter]

Turns out this is a recurring problem. Right now some of my notebooks won't render (they do in nbviewer). After searching, I found others having the same issue, and it eventually resolves, meaning you try again at a later time and the notebooks render.

If this happens again to you, search for "jupyter notebook not rendering on github." You will find other issues like this, and many will give links to repos they believe should render. For me, right now, NONE of these render. Therefore, I conclude that github sproadically has trouble rendering notebooks, and all you can do is wait.

[jamesafoster]

I have been having this problem for the last few days, on ALL my notebooks on github.

[chrisfs]

I have been having this problem for the last few days, on ALL my notebooks on github.

I am having this problem as well with my notebooks on Github

[pmaji]

I am having this same issue with all of mine, and it appears worse as of late, and has nothing to do with the size or complexity of the notebook in question...

[dizhu1991]

Same thing happened today to me.

[hobson]

Happened to me just now.

[PhilipMay]

This here still does not load for me btw.: https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/blob/master/docs/source/examples/Notebook/Distributing%20Jupyter%20Extensions%20as%20Python%20Packages.ipynb

[amitsaxena]

Happening for me as well for the past two days. Very annoying github bug which stops you from sharing your notebook with others. 😏

[takluyver]

If this is an obstacle for you, remember that you can copy and paste the URL from Github to http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/

[amitsaxena]

@takluyver That doesn't work for private repos I believe?

[takluyver]

No, it doesn't.

You probably want to file a support request to Github itself, especially if you're paying for private repositories. The rendering of Jupyter notebooks is a service they run - it uses Jupyter code, but the Jupyter project can't see any logs or fix anything if it's going wrong.

[amitsaxena]

I did! They said they are aware of the issue and are working on a fix, but did not provide an ETA.

[apf99]

A month later and it's still happening!

[enesdemirag]

I'm having same problem too. I can't open my [notebooks].(https://github.com/enesdemirag/python_lectures)

It says, Sorry, something went wrong. Reload?

[amitsaxena]

It's kind of random I believe. My (same) notebook started loading fine a few days later.

[scumulder]

Having this issue as well. Can't open my notebooks or notebooks from other users.

[iDataist]

Happening to me now

[DenimPatel]

Not able to load any of my notebooks right now!!

[DataDavD]

Happening with my notebook now, as well. Go figure issue closed....but still exists

[tomalbrecht]

Yes, this issue is still around. It happens infrequently. After some time it loads again

[bghanchi]

Having smae issue with me

[S-Ashcroft]

Having this issue currently. nbviewer workaround is not working.

[JonasMedu]

same here

[S-Ashcroft]

Suddenly it works.

This doesn't fill me with optimism for using Jupiter Notebooks through GitHub...

[ArtemBairashev]

It’s the end of 2020 and nothing changed. I look from time to time on my repo, and it never loads. It did only the first week of existence

[billp-data-science]

I am having the same issue happen as well...... Although in my instance as well, my

https://github.com/billp-data-science/R_datacamp_DS/blob/master/Intro_to_R.ipynb

does not show in nbviewer

[rcasaluce]

In the last 10 days, I am having the same problem. I hope that it can be fixed soon.

[Suneel5]

This happen to me with most of the Notebooks.
I need to reload 5,6 times then only it renders.
Can't it be solved?

[kishan0725]

I'm not sure why an organization with a huge user base is taking so long to fix this bug. It's frustrating sometimes. Hope the GitHub team would look into this issue and get it resolved ASAP.

[Vleyked]

Same issue

[marqidox]

My notebook does not render properly :(

[rimoun-g]

Same Issue

[Anubhav1107]

Same here at 10th dec

[imkeines]

Same here, 18th December 2020 and this issue was opened in April 2018.

[imkeines]

I wrote to the github support and got an answer within a couple of hours:

`Thanks for writing in to GitHub Support!

Sorry for the trouble here; we've flagged this with our engineering team who are currently investigating the rendering of these notebooks. I know that this has been an issue for users for some time, but unfortunately we don't currently have an ETA on a resolution for this I'm afraid.

However, we do often see that this is a transient issue that does resolve itself over time. Occasionally the rendering queue can get backed up, causing this to timeout as you are seeing. As the queue clears these become subsequently available again. Rest assured, our engineering team are continuing to investigate the root cause.

I'm really sorry that I can't give you more of an answer at this stage.

In the meantime, please do let us know if you need anything else!

Thanks,`

So, in the meantime I use JN_viewer

[william-davies]

Still a sporadic problem for me.

[billp-data-science]

Same for me - but if I hard refresh, it works...... odd little issue :)

[manastahir]

This problem still presists and even refresing multiple times don't work. It really is very annoying

[vermavinay982]

It's 2021 still the problem is there. Is it due to images in the notebook that is difficult to render? Or have to save all charts and put them on README.md .

[kevin-bates]

This has been a helpful response - thank you @imkeines: #3555 (comment)

This is not anything we can resolve. At this point, I'm inclined to lock this conversation - although I'm afraid that will just trigger the creation of additional issues.

[sdw95927]

I wanted to say it's 2020 and the issue is still here... And then I realize it's already Feb. 2021. Does Microsoft just ignore the issue?

[robderon]

same problem, over and over ...

[jkwashbourne]

ongoing problem, happens all the time on larger notebooks. please increase resources or timeouts as appropriate.

[kevin-bates]

I guess we'll just rinse and repeat: #3555 (comment)

[jkwashbourne]

Apologies, I missed the critical bit of that comment on my first read ...

So, in the meantime I use JN_viewer

[elisim]

Same - 10/03/2021.
This annoying bug disturbing the peace of all the ML community...

[Phrrancis]

it's 10th March 2021, and am struggling to view .ipynb files.
Any quick fix?

[kevin-bates]

I think this is the best we've got for now: #3555 (comment)

[Phrrancis]

@kevin-bates Thanks for pointing me to the temp fix.
are there plans to get this fixed permanently?

[kevin-bates]

Per the contents of this issue, this issue resides in GitHub's hands - sounds like in their "rendering queue" based on previous responses.

[kevin-bates]

Sorry, but I'm locking this issue. There isn't anything Jupyter can do for this, it's a GitHub issue.

Here are some helpful links from above:

• Jason's explanation with a link to GH support
• i.klatt's response from GH support and a suggested workaround
• Laura's nbviewer suggestion