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Kieu T Community Member

Has anyone encountered this issue? Access denied

Hello,

Does anyone encounter this when you try to access Upwork? 

Screenshot 2023-10-19 at 20.19.29.png

Thanks and regards,

Kieu.

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Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi all,

 

Thank you for sharing your reports here in the Community. We can confirm that there was recently an issue preventing users from accessing Upwork that has since been resolved. If you're still experiencing this issue please let us know.

 

~Andrea

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Anastasiia's avatar
Anastasiia K Community Member

Hey! Got the same error, and tried both Chrome and Opera along with the clearing cache & cookies 

Chris's avatar
Chris H Community Member

Hello, Everytime I try log into my account it says acces denied, and I've been banned!! Why? I have got possible jobs pending.what can I do? I need to know why?? Pls help asap Screenshot (64).png

Ine's avatar
Ine B Community Member

Hello Joanne Marie!

I'm experiencing the same thing and today I have to deliver a job 😞  what should I do?

Thank you

 

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Neyde Alejandra's avatar
Neyde Alejandra M Community Member

Hi!

 

I was editing my Upwork profile and my project catalogs all morning. When I tried to submit a proposal for a job I got this message:

 

"You are being rated Limited, the owner of this site (Upwork) has banned you".

 

Please could someone help me? I haven't compromised any of the guidelines. 

I was talking with some other clients in order to create a new contract, so I need to be able to use the platform for reviewing and submitting proposals. 

 

Thank you

Anish's avatar
Anish G Community Member

Hi, I am facing the same issue. 

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Neyde Alejandra's avatar
Neyde Alejandra M Community Member

Mine got solved automatically after 10 minutes.

 

 

Houceyn's avatar
Houceyn L Community Member

same issue here, I have urgent work with my clients and need quick help!

Thanks in advance!

 

Best regards,

Houceyn Lakhal

Chris's avatar
Chris H Community Member

why have I been banned?? pls can someone help me? I have no idea why ive been banned? and i have jobs pending!Screenshot (64).png

Daniel's avatar
Daniel M Community Member

You have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

 

Just kidding, I get the same error it's strange.

Claudia's avatar
Claudia T Community Member

I have the same problem right now!

Joshua's avatar
Joshua O Community Member

I cannot access Upwork and I have a pressing project on the platform that I have paid a freelancer over $7000 so far to complete, every time I try to access the site I get the following message: 

Error 1015

 Ray ID: 81894c8e3f43385e • 2023-10-19 13:17:03 UTC

You are being rate limited

 

The owner of this website (www.upwork.com) has banned you temporarily from accessing this website.

 

Please can someone help? 

 
Kartikey's avatar
Kartikey J Community Member

same 

Karla's avatar
Karla B Community Member

Same happened to me, I wrote Support, they said it was an issue with Upwork and that now is up and running 🤘

 

Joshua's avatar
Joshua O Community Member

Yes, the platform looks to be back now, I was blocked from it for seveal hours with that message popping up repeatedly, hopefully it doesnt reoccur. 

Katya's avatar
Katya Y Community Member

Hi! I am facing the "Waiting for connection" problem. I cleared cache and cookies, changed browser, went to incognito - no help. My internet connection is fine (I'm writing to you here, right?).

How to solve this problem?

 

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Annie Jane B Retired Team Member

Hi Katya,

 

We’ve escalated your community post to a support ticket. One of our agents will be in touch with you soon to assist.


~ AJ
Upwork
Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi all,

 

Thank you for sharing your reports here in the Community. We can confirm that there was recently an issue preventing users from accessing Upwork that has since been resolved. If you're still experiencing this issue please let us know.

 

~Andrea
Guilherme's avatar
Guilherme M Community Member

Im also getting this error today

Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Moderator

Hi Guilherme, 

 

Would you please try clearing your browser cache and cookies? Let us know if the problem persists so we can investigate it further. 

~ Luiggi
Guilherme's avatar
Guilherme M Community Member

It resolved itself after a few hours
Akbar's avatar
Akbar A Community Member

Hi, please try to clear all Localstorage, cookies storage and some caches. Hope it'll work!

Akbar's avatar
Akbar A Community Member

Hi, please try to clear all Localstorage, cookies storage and some caches. Hope it'll work!

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