Cannot edit any file in my own project

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Hi everyone,

I’m the Owner of a Pavlovia project, but since yesterday I cannot edit any file in it. Every write operation fails, including the web editor. Account: @Emma_Pan

What I’ve already checked:

  • I am logged in as @Emma_Pan, and I am the Owner of the project
  • The pro@Emma_Panect is NOT archived (Advanced settings shows “Archive”, not “Unarchive”)
  • Project storage is only 1.1 MiB, way under quota
  • Repository permissions are set to “Everyone With Access”
  • It affects ALL files in the project, not just one

Symptoms:

  • Clicking “Edit” on any file fails
  • In the three-dot file menu, “Replace” is greyed out
  • The behaviour started suddenly — it used to work before

Has anyone seen this before? Any idea what could cause an Owner to lose write access to their own repository?

Thanks!

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Hi,

You’ve posted in the Pavlovia Surveys category, but what you’ve described doesn’t sound like a survey. Are you using PsychoPy? The expected way to edit projects is via the sync button from PsychoPy Builder.

Best wishes,

Wakefield

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Hi Wakefield,

Thanks that actually clears things up a lot.

To give you the full picture: I don’t use the Builder sync, because it often fails from my location (network issues in China). Instead I’ve been uploading my finished experiment files via the GitLab web interface, following a tutorial I found.

This worked fine until a few days ago. Since yesterday, the web editor tells me I don’t have permission to edit any file.

Given that I’m the Owner and all standard settings look correct, could it be that the web-based editing/upload path has recently been restricted on Pavlovia’s side? If the web upload route is no longer supported, I’ll switch to git push / sync — but I wanted to confirm whether this is an intentional change or a bug.

Thanks,
Emma

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Dear @pankeying ,

A recent update to GitLab is requiring an update to the Web Editor indeed (there is a kerfuffle around permissions). I will attend to it shortly.

But indeed, as you mention, push/pull is still very much working.

With my apologies for the temporary issue.

Alain

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Hi Alain,

Thank you so much for the quick reply .

Really appreciate you looking into it.

Best,
Emma