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  pastorsteve51 · Member · Oct 5, 2020 at 7:20 pm

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  What does this message mean? Publishing failed. “Sorry, you are not allowed to assign the provided terms”.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Oct 6, 2020 at 9:15 am

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  Hi there!

  Could you tell us a bit more about when you noticed the message? What browser, which version & operating system you’re using?

  It would be great if you could attach a screenshot of the console errors (you’ll get there by going to More tools > Developer Tools > Console). You can use an online tool for that (such as https://snipboard.io/) and paste the link into your reply.
  Thanks!

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  nnchnd · Member · Oct 13, 2020 at 7:31 pm

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  I’m getting the same error when I try to publish a new post. A reddish banner across the top of the page saying, “Publishing failed. Sorry, you are not allowed to assign the provided terms.”

  Since I’m using the “free” version of WordPress I don’t seem to have an option for More tools > Developer Tools > Console. All I find are: Import, Export, and Delete Site.

  Suggestions?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 13, 2020 at 7:33 pm

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  You’ll find the console under your browser, not WordPress: https://wordpress.com/support/browser-issues/advanced-browser-troubleshooting/#javascript-errors

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  nnchnd · Member · Oct 13, 2020 at 7:48 pm

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  Ah. Thank you.

  In order to make sure I captured the correct message, I tried posting the page again. This time it seems to have worked.

  the message is/was:
  `bubbles: false
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  cancelBubble: false
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  cancelable: false
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  composed: false
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  currentTarget: null
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  defaultPrevented: false
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  eventPhase: 0
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  explicitOriginalTarget:
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  isTrusted: true
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  originalTarget:
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  returnValue: true
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  srcElement:
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  target:
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  timeStamp: 720574
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  type: “error”
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  <get isTrusted()>: function isTrusted()
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  <prototype>: EventPrototype { composedPath: composedPath(), stopPropagation: stopPropagation(), stopImmediatePropagation: stopImmediatePropagation(), … }

  which makes me think it didn’t like the “featured image” option.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 13, 2020 at 10:16 pm

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  You are using Chrome as your browser, yes? There is an issue with the most recent version of that browser that is causing issues with our login session cookie, which can result in an error message similar to what you describe.

  If you clear your Cookies, then log out (and back in) to your WordPress.com account, does that make the issue go away?

  You can follow the steps here to clear your cookies in Chrome.

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  nnchnd · Member · Oct 14, 2020 at 2:11 am

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  no. I’m using Firefox, I think I have the most recent version. I’m running it on Linux, don’t know as that would make a difference.

  It was odd. I got the error 3 times. Then I submitted the query, and while trying to find the right tools option, I tried again. It worked. So… something transient?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 14, 2020 at 5:02 am

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  This is most likely a cookie issue in Firefox as well – we’ve had a number of reports about this, and for most people logging out and back in fixes the issue. In this case it sounds like the browser cookie in your browser might just have refreshed on its own.

  That said, if it happens again, please let us know.