# Notebook crashes when deleting cells.
**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203 "2020-04-30T21:21:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@j-pb](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/j-pb)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/1 "2020-04-30T21:21:24Z")
Hey there :),
I got a lengthy notebook that I’ve decided to split.
However whenever I delete a couple of cells, the entire thing crashes and I have to reopen it.
Also I don’t think that I can publish the notebook anymore.
So something seems broken 😕
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Best,
Jan-Paul
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### Author:  [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/2 "2020-04-30T21:26:27Z")
We’re investigating now. Thank you for the report and sorry for the trouble.
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### Author:  [@kerryrodden](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/kerryrodden)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/3 "2020-04-30T21:49:48Z")
Hi Jan-Paul, we think we’ve deployed a fix now. Can you please reload, try again, and let us know what happens?
thanks,
Kerry
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### Author:  [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/4 "2020-05-01T01:37:40Z")
> [@j-pb](#):
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> Also I don’t think that I can publish the notebook anymore.
Was this because the page crashed after deleting cells, or is there another issue regarding publishing we should be aware of?
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### Author:  [@j-pb](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/j-pb)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/5 "2020-05-01T08:25:41Z")
Hey Kerry,
Looks like the issue is still happening 😕
Thanks for your hard work 😃
EDIT:
I’ve nuked my cache and now it looks like it’s resolved 😃!
Sorry for the heart attack ^^’
Cheers,
JP
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### Author:  [@j-pb](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/j-pb)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/6 "2020-05-01T08:27:26Z")
Hey Mike,
I think that was my mistake 😃
I thought that the Published is a “Last Published”, but it seems to be a “First Published”, sorry for the confusion 😃
Cheers,
JP
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### Author:  [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/7 "2020-05-02T16:39:31Z")
We’ve added a little confirmation message now when you republish so that it’s a little more obvious when publishing succeeds. Thanks for the feedback.
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### Author:  [@j-pb](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/j-pb)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/notebook-crashes-when-deleting-cells/3203/8 "2020-05-03T08:46:21Z")
Very sleek and helpful! Nice!