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Posted by Ingo Habermann
Ingo Habermann
4,730 Points

Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

Hello everybody,

recently I started to experience having trouble on all my python-code-challenges:

At some random point down the tasks I get the message "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.".

At first I thought, the issue is to be found in my coding, but after some troubleshooting and double-checking, it turned out to happen even on challenges I passed before, using the exact same coding.

Sometimes refreshing the browser helps, but it gets really frustrating.

I am also using two different OSs and a number of different browsers. Everywhere the same issue. My version Flash is up to date.

Any advise on where to look at in order to find the bug, is appreciated!!

Thanks Ingo

[Being German native, I appologise for my grammar...]

2 Answers

Matthew Rigdon
Matthew Rigdon
8,223 Points
Matthew Rigdon
Matthew Rigdon
8,223 Points

I've been through a lot of the Python courses, and from what I've found, it tells you "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing" when your task 2 is incorrect. 99% of the time task 1 IS actually correct still, but it is now failing because of something you did in task 2. So fix your error in task 2, and "Oops!" for task 1 will go away.

Hope that helps!

Ingo Habermann
Ingo Habermann
4,730 Points

Dear Matthew, Dear Ted,

Thank you very much for your replies. Yesterday I did try to replicate my former issues and can confirm that the challenges behave like you said.

I must admit that this behavior is on one hand side frustrating but it is also helpful in a strange was. By repeating all steps over and over again the challenge turns into "learning by repetition".

Thanks again for your support Kindest regards Ingo

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Matthew is correct. And it is not just Python courses. It happens in many. Once you pass a step, it is correct and any error is always in the new code.

Ingo Habermann
Ingo Habermann
4,730 Points

Dear Matthew, Dear Ted,

Thank you very much for your replies. Yesterday I did try to replicate my former issues and can confirm that the challenges behave like you said.

I must admit that this behavior is on one hand side frustrating but it is also helpful in a strange was. By repeating all steps over and over again the challenge turns into "learning by repetition".

Thanks again for your support Kindest regards Ingo