# Uploading to Staging - Something bad happened

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/uploading-to-staging-something-bad-happened/2681
**Category:** Application Support
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/uploading-to-staging-something-bad-happened/2681 "2023-11-06T01:11:58Z")
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### Author: ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/uploading-to-staging-something-bad-happened/2681/8 "2023-11-07T02:15:47Z")

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Thank you for your reply @Chin_Soon_Yeo

I could see that sub-folder `q1gn4sygf4-staging.onrocket.site/` is no longer there on your Staging’s public folder.

I double checked further and just noticed these in your `main.log` file :

```auto
[2023-11-07 09:34:31.986] [warn] [terminalExec] Error: symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/d5f114d8e3c62f0810864354ff81f62f"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/ddd45c73825c4fae2bda3eda829176f6"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/161df2a04c3d2ee5292c4829583cb959"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/e06f90e20493fcdf4428111b4bd54dd0"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/a2ea15116725f93f1ad50491e3661c30"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/327b162a972ddf08c14d8e6b8db4e7d2"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/1a5ca6ad98de660088f772f9a5b895ec"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/657336e695e0f8e99fc66fad8954d661"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/5f7ebe93844853cf2ffce4cb8f803891"
symlink has no referent: "/www/awonhubcom_389/public/wp-content/uploads/bb-platform-previews/b9014e776e469ca6dae702955bf32e95/9b28dd1363d37e9864bd6c4c9c50b8e8"

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and when I checked into your Staging account, indeed I noticed the same broken Symlink for those sub-folders:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/a/a30181d39966fb820d5ab0c99cb546bc175353a5.png)

So I think these broken Sylink (pointing to invalid/incorrect / non-exist files) were causing the import process to fail in DevKinsta.

I would suggest to check and remove those broken symlink files as shown in the above screenshot and give it another try. Hopefully that’s all and no more errors 😃 🤞 otherwise, you may want to send us your main.log again so we can check .

PS: and about this:

> After each failed attempt, the website and control panel becomes very slow.

I don’t think it would affect your Staging site’s performance and/or the MyKinsta control panel to become very slow as DevKinsta shouldn’t affect them at all (it’s completely a separate program that runs on your local computer). If you’re experiencing slow access to your Staging site and/or with the MyKinsta control panel, please [contact/reach out to our support team](https://kinsta.com/docs/contact-kinsta-support/#open-a-support-chat), so they can help to check and assist you further.

Best regards,  
Agus

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