Failed to Publish Web Layer: Consolidation Failed

Question

I am having an issue with publishing a Map to AGOL as a web map.

I am being told it is a "Consolidation Error". I tried shortening the file path by moving it from a folder buried in multiple other folders to the desktop. But I am getting the same error. Here is the JobLog:

Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Successfully wrote sharing info file
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Creating thumbnail from map
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: Pending StatusMessage: Sharing process started
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Sharing process started
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Reading thumbnail from file
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:07 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Sharing process started
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Extracting all manifests from the configuration of the web map/scene
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Publishing individual web layers
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Creating the type keywords for the web map/scene
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Extracting all manifests from the configuration of the web map/scene
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Extracting all manifests from the configuration of the web map/scene
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Loading manifest
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Reading thumbnail from file
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Publishing process started
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:08 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Consolidating data and staging web layer
New folder\Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:09 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Using ArcGIS Version 13.0 for staging (Source for version: GP Staging Parameters)
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:09 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Stage Tool initialized
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:09 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Preparing maps and layers for processing
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:09 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Consolidate data
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:09 Status: InProgress StatusMessage: Staging feature service
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:13 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: Consolidation failed
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:13 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: ERROR 999999: Something unexpected caused the tool to fail. Contact Esri Technical Support (http://esriurl.com/support) to Report a Bug, and refer to the error help for potential solutions or workarounds.
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:13 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: Failed to execute (StageService).
Cruise Map_WFL1 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:15 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: Staging failed
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:17 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: Failed to publish web layer Cruise_Map_WFL1.
Cruise Map 5 WebMap Lancaster Conservancy https://www.arcgis.com/ eroper9 2023-02-08 13:59:19 Status: Failed ErrorMessage: Failed to publish one or more web layers

Any help is appreciated.

MiltonSolano · Answer

@AaronKoelker ,

As today (Janury 12, 2026) this is exactly what was going on with my publishing attempts: the ArcGIS Indoors schema was not updated vs the AGOL version. This after copying some records on ArcGIS Pro from and old Indoors database. After running the Upgrade Indoors Database tool, the publishing process ran smoothly.

Thanks for taking the time to post this. It saved me some hourse trying to diagnose.

MJ

AaronKoelker · Answer

Just wanted to throw it out there for anyone who comes across this, I was running into this error while trying to publish layers specifically for ArcGIS Indoors. The solution was to run the Upgrade Indoors Database tool. Apparently I had added some custom domain values that may have threw off one or more of the attribute rules for Indoors. If you're not using Indoors, may be worth checking your attribute rules if you are using those.

GoviPaulHines · Answer

Along the same lines, I just had this error this morning and it turns out I had a layer pointing to a source in the wrong feature dataset. Everything else was correct, but remarkably, it didn't show a red exclamation and the layer was still displaying (perhaps due to caching?).