Error Importing a Confluence Space

[Mike Simmons]

Hi there.

I am trying to import a Confluence space and I keep running into this same bug.

Any ideas about how to work around this? Error, "Failed to start a long running task"?

Thanks for the assistance.

[Kai Fung Chong]

Hi @Mike Simmons ,

Worth checking if the file you are importing is in the format of `.zip`. Other than that, also ensure the space you are trying to import doesn't exist. 
For reference:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/importing-a-space-results-in-a-generic-error-1115682982.html#:~:text=This%20happens%20because%20the%20imported,xml%20file%20is%20used.
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Error-importing-confluence-space/qaq-p/2397878