# When I publish my project it sometimes uploads thousands of files

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [October 21, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020 "2024-10-21T07:48:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![juliabowen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/juliabowen/32/27051_2.png) [@juliabowen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/juliabowen)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/1 "2024-10-21T07:48:48Z")

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this happens quite frequently although randomly. I can make a very small change (size of a component box for example) and sometimes it will publish 1 file (nice and quickly) and other times 3,000 files (not so quickly)

on RWC and Sequoia 15.0.1

any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![juliabowen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/juliabowen/32/27051_2.png) [@juliabowen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/juliabowen)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/2 "2024-10-21T07:49:31Z")

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also it then hangs so I have to restart RWC

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**Author:** ![Bruno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruno/32/25457_2.png) [@Bruno](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bruno)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/3 "2024-10-21T07:52:46Z")

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Hi @juliabowen do you use externals?

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**Author:** ![juliabowen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/juliabowen/32/27051_2.png) [@juliabowen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/juliabowen)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/4 "2024-10-21T08:11:42Z")

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pretty sure i don’t. how can I check?

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**Author:** ![Bruno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruno/32/25457_2.png) [@Bruno](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bruno)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/5 "2024-10-21T08:46:04Z")

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It’s like creating a partial but it’s external one, reusable between different projects.

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**Author:** ![juliabowen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/juliabowen/32/27051_2.png) [@juliabowen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/juliabowen)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/6 "2024-10-22T01:55:01Z")

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i don’t have any externals

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**Author:** ![Bruno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruno/32/25457_2.png) [@Bruno](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bruno)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-i-publish-my-project-it-sometimes-uploads-thousands-of-files/45020/7 "2024-10-22T04:18:12Z")

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Sorry no other idea.