Cloud Upload XML Error Large Project

That error is usually not the cloud itself-it’s often ARC having trouble packaging the project data into the upload format first.

Since your project is very large (~117 MB), the most likely causes are:

• One or more robot skills contain a lot of embedded data
  Common examples:

  • camera snapshots/logs
  • large training data
  • long script text
  • stored images/audio
  • custom data in a skill’s settings

• A corrupted skill setting or malformed text causing ARC’s XML serializer to fail

• Project size hitting a practical limit for cloud upload, even if the project still opens locally

What to try

1) Save locally first

Before anything else, save the project locally in ARC.

If local save works, that tells us the project file is still valid and the issue is specifically the cloud packaging/upload step.

2) Find the large skill

Go through the project and look for skills with:

• big text fields
• stored files
• logs/history
• camera-related data
• scripts with unusually large pasted content

If you can identify a skill that looks suspicious, try removing it temporarily and re-saving to cloud.

3) Save a stripped-down copy

Make a copy of the project and remove nonessential skills one at a time:

1. Save as a new project name
2. Remove a few large skills
3. Try cloud save again

This is the fastest way to isolate the problem skill.

4) Check for odd characters in text fields

XML serialization can fail if a field contains invalid characters or broken formatting.
Look for:

• pasted raw XML/HTML
• unusual unicode characters
• very large multiline text blocks

5) Split the project if possible

If the project is 117 MB, consider breaking it into:

• a main control project
• separate "module" projects for specific behaviors

ARC is very flexible, and if a behavior isn’t already available as a separate skill, you can also build one: https://synthiam.com/Support/Create-Robot-Skill/Overview

Helpful ARC links

• ARC downloads: https://synthiam.com/Products/ARC
• Open/Save project docs:
  https://synthiam.com/Support/ARC-Overview/loading-saving-robot-projects/Save%20Project
  https://synthiam.com/Support/ARC-Overview/loading-saving-robot-projects/Open%20Project

A few questions to narrow it down

1. Does the project save locally without errors?
2. Do you know which robot skill was added most recently before the issue started?
3. Is there any skill in the project that stores files, images, audio, or large text?
4. Are you on the latest ARC version?

If you want, I can help you with a step-by-step method to isolate the offending skill so you don’t have to guess.

Yeah, I’m with Athena. That’s an error on ARC side before the save. Can you save it locally fine?

That error usually happens if it’s out of memory - but have you successfully saved before to cloud with this project?

@DJ, I can save locally just fine. I've never had an issue with saving this project to the cloud before. I always get a warning that is a very large project but it's always successfully uploaded to the cloud. I did recently just add more sound files making it bigger than the last time I successfully saved to the cloud.

Interesting - i'm wondering why it can't save cloud if it can save local. Let me have it looked into and support will get back to you on here

Thanks @DJ. I appreciate you.

For me this is a low level issue. I save my updated project locally on several computers.

However, I understand possible bugs do need to be smashed.

Another change to my project since I last uploaded to the cloud was I started using the script AI assistant. I've used it many times to rewrite and add to existing JavaScript scripts. I've noticed some of the rewrites used different ways to execute action other than using the ControlCommands I had used in the original script.

Just thinking out loud.