#  Job failure with “sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file” on usegalaxy.org

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.org support\
**Tags:** upload\
**Created:** [May 28, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576 "2025-05-28T23:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pelumioladipo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Pelumioladipo](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Pelumioladipo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576/1 "2025-05-28T23:54:21Z")

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**Author:** ![igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@igor](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/igor)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576/2 "2025-05-29T00:00:29Z")

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Hi @Pelumioladipo,

It looks like an issue with the ORG server. Thank you for reporting it.

Hi @jennaj, hi @nekrut1,

It looks like a major issue on the ORG server. I cannot import a tiny file from Australia to the ORG: got the same error as the user.

> **[Galaxy](https://usegalaxy.org/published/history?id=060f3b65d9c07355)**
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> Galaxy is a community-driven web-based analysis platform for life science research.

Kind regards,  
Igor

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**Author:** ![igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@igor](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/igor)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576/3 "2025-05-29T00:19:41Z")

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Hi @nate,  
It looks like the ORG server does not accept new files. Upload jobs fail. It looks like a major issue.  
Kind regards,  
Igor

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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/job-failure-with-sqlite3-operationalerror-unable-to-open-database-file-on-usegalaxy-org/15576/4 "2025-05-30T17:57:18Z")

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Hi @Pelumioladipo and @igor

Thanks for the report of the issue and for the ping! There was a short window yesterday at [UseGalaxy.org](http://UseGalaxy.org) that had issues (setting metadata, not getting the file itself) but things should have improved after and are Ok right now.

For any datasets still in that state, you can try [using the pencil icon](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/faqs/galaxy/datasets_icons.html) to re-detect the datatype. Or you can newly load the data again from the source, and delete/purge the red datasets.

Just as a note given some of the file types I see: When loading data, it is usually a good idea to allow Galaxy to “guess” the datatype instead of setting it directly yourself. This avoid issues with the file type formats and compression state conflicts. Fastq and bam data should always work well this way with the guess. If not, it means the data might have a problem before loading. → [Getting Data into Galaxy](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/getting-data-into-galaxy/10868)

Please let me know if there are still issues! Thanks! 🙂