# The server has failed ... Compiling error?!

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082 "2016-05-22T19:00:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![leopold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@leopold](https://community.particle.io/u/leopold)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082/1 "2016-05-22T19:00:14Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to compile my code and every time I get the response  
_"The server has failed to process the request on time. Please try again."_

Any ideas what I can do or what I have done wrong?

Cheers,  
Leopold

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**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082/2 "2016-05-22T19:29:02Z")

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I guess you are talking about Particle Build (aka Web IDE).  
No issue on my side, and [http://status.particle.io/](http://status.particle.io/) also reports no outage.

Can you try to restart your browser and clear the browser cache or use Incoginto Mode?

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**Author:** ![leopold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@leopold](https://community.particle.io/u/leopold)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082/3 "2016-05-22T19:46:59Z")

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Hi ScruffR,

yes, I’m using Particle Build. Will try so.

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**Author:** ![leopold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@leopold](https://community.particle.io/u/leopold)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/the-server-has-failed-compiling-error/23082/4 "2016-05-22T20:12:46Z")

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It worked, thank you very much!