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Intermittent failures when creating new libraries in modern SharePoint
Hi everyone,
I’m seeing an issue in our modern SharePoint Online site collection where creating new document libraries has started failing. This site has worked normally for years, but over the past week, most library creation attempts haven't worked.
1) The page briefly flashes or glitches during the creation process.
and
2) A non‑ending spinning wheel when I hit "create"
or
3) Creation attempts return “Something's not right.” error page.
The failures happen across all subsites, in multiple browsers, and I’m a Site Collection Administrator. No permission changes were made recently.
Has anyone seen similar intermittent library creation failures in a modern site collection, or know what might cause this kind of inconsistent behavior? Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Meagan
3 Replies
- MeaganUTSWCopper Contributor
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your reply. I have tried creating a new library from the Site Contents page and directly on the site using the New dropdown. Neither method works. The throttling message is confusing for me as well because I’m not doing anything different from what I’ve done many times before, and I’m only making a single library creation request at a time.I am wondering if it is a backend SharePoint Online provisioning issue? But I am a little out of my depth.
Hi MeaganUTSW
have you tried this on site level or only in subwebs?
And have you created a new site and created new libraries, does it works?
Best, Dave
Hi MeaganUTSW
How do you create new libraries?
Throttling (in your url) usually occurs when you make too many requests in too short a time...
Best, Dave