# Data preparation in autotrain is stuck
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**Author:**  [@ik4Rus](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fik4Rus)%5C
**Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 10:28am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F1 "2022-09-25T10:28:11Z")
Hi,
I tested autotrain yesterday and it worked smoothly and I was really impressed (datapreparation was completed quickly and I could train models).
Today I uploaded the same data set again and wanted to train more models for it. Now the status on the data set is “Processing” for several hours. Since it was fast yesterday and there are only 2,000 rows, something seems to go wrong.
I have already stopped the process, and tried uploading different versions of the data again, but it didn’t help.
Any tips on how I can debug this, or a look at my preparation status, would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot
Ingo
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**Author:**  [@teacookies](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fteacookies)%5C
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F2 "2022-11-13T13:29:34Z")
I have the same situation.
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**Author:**  [@cansa](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fcansa)%5C
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F3 "2022-11-13T23:41:57Z")
Same issue, also here: [Auto Train not working: "data is being prepared" / Authenticating Error - #2 by cansa](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fauto-train-not-working-data-is-being-prepared-authenticating-error%2F25948%2F2)
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**Author:**  [@abhishek](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fabhishek)%5C
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F4 "2022-11-14T15:03:38Z")
we have fixed the issue. thank you for reporting. please try again.
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**Author:**  [@lucieackley](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Flucieackley)%5C
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F5 "2022-12-19T18:39:55Z")
Hey there I am getting the same error today for autotrain on an image dataset
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**Author:**  [@abhishek](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fabhishek)%5C
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F6 "2022-12-19T19:02:01Z")
what is the error you are getting? is the processing stuck? does it show you an error? 🙂
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**Author:**  [@lucieackleypersonal](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Flucieackleypersonal)%5C
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F7 "2022-12-19T23:37:30Z")
its just pending no error. Its stuck in Formatting data for the selected task.
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**Author:**  [@abhishek](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fabhishek)%5C
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:10am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F8 "2022-12-20T09:10:03Z")
thank you for the reply. could you please send me your username and project name and i can take a look? please feel free to email on autotrain [at] [hf.co](http://hf.co) if its not possible to share in forums.
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**Author:**  [@lucieackleypersonal](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Flucieackleypersonal)%5C
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F9 "2022-12-20T15:38:17Z")
Hey abishek I’m going to email you thanks so much for your help!
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**Author:**  [@MichealBurian](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FMichealBurian)%5C
**Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdata-preparation-in-autotrain-is-stuck%2F23588%2F10 "2023-01-25T19:20:16Z")
I also have this same problem, I emailed it.