# unable to open draft notebook

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199 "2018-09-11T01:04:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![clhenrick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/clhenrick/32/242_2.png) [@clhenrick](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/clhenrick)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199/1 "2018-09-11T01:04:36Z")

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Hi, I have a draft notebook that I’m no longer able to open for some reason. When I attempt to open it I get a page that says “oops, an error occurred”.

Here’s the URL to the notebook: [https://beta.observablehq.com/d/42685ed1a5e38b0b](https://beta.observablehq.com/d/42685ed1a5e38b0b)

I did manage to download this notebook if it’s unable to be restored (phew!).

thanks!

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**Author:** ![tom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/tom/32/2262_2.png) [@tom](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/tom)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199/2 "2018-09-11T01:19:04Z")

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That’s no good! Just confirmed that there’s an error on the server/Observable side, and we’re looking into it. Sorry for the disruption

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**Author:** ![clhenrick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/clhenrick/32/242_2.png) [@clhenrick](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/clhenrick)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199/3 "2018-09-11T01:36:47Z")

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thanks for looking into it, I appreciate it!

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**Author:** ![mbostock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mbostock/32/9_2.png) [@mbostock](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mbostock)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199/4 "2018-09-11T02:28:29Z")

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Hi Chris,

We recently improved how forking and reverting is implemented, and there was a small bug loading some forked notebooks whose parent notebook was reverted. It’s all fixed now! Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Mike

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**Author:** ![clhenrick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/clhenrick/32/242_2.png) [@clhenrick](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/clhenrick)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-open-draft-notebook/1199/5 "2018-09-11T03:11:31Z")

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Thanks Mike, no worries at all and I appreciate y’all taking the time to fix it in such a timely manner.