topic Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer in ArcGIS Pro Questions

"Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

DaveBodak — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:34:10 GMT

I am looking to upload a feature layer from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Online, as we have done hundreds of times before.

I keep getting this new staging error that I haven't seen before, I even exported my layer as a FGDB directly from ArcGIS Online, imported it to Pro, and immediately turned around to share it without making any edits - it's still giving the error.

I can still upload other layers with no problem, but this one is giving me issues for some reason. Any help would be great, thanks!

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

Eugene_Adkins — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:43:40 GMT

Shot in the dark, but are all the fields marked as visible when you’re publishing? I have seen a generic error when all fields are not visible but the layer has a setup that includes things like attribute rules.

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

DaveBodak — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:13:51 GMT

Update: I realized Pro was out of date on my device and that ended up fixing the issue, I have had problems similar to this before a while back with symbology.

It drove me in many different directions, I would repair geometry or change some settings and get a different error, but it all worked out in the end.

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

ChristineTombleson1 — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:48:59 GMT

Hi - I got this staging error and copied the error details that looks like a bunch of code and pasted it into Chatgpt and it told me there was an issue with one of my domains...I reviewed my layer and found the error. I suggest giving that a try. AI might be able to give you some hints on the issue for you to find it and fix it. I would have never been able to figure out what the problem was without it.

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

AmyKnight1 — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:13:25 GMT

We just had a similar problem, limited to certain computers in the office getting the Staging failed error. Could not publish under any circumstances where they had been able to publish recently. With the help of Esri support it turned out that those machines had an out of date version of XToolsPro installed. Without Xtools (or with the latest XTools) the problem was resolved. The incompatibility seemed coincident with a new release of AGOL.

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

HeidiSosinski — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:27:15 GMT

I want to add that this was the solution for me also. I ultimately had to remove XTools instead of updating it as XTools is no longer on our allowed software list. Once removed I was finally able to get past the staging failed error and could successfully publish a web map. So I second trying out this solution.

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

MarkGambordella — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:21:12 GMT

what is and where is XTools located. We are having a similar issue when trying to build a basemap from aerial images

Re: "Staging Failed" when sharing feature layer

BrianHall7 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:08:24 GMT

Updating XTools Pro was the solution for me too. I had updated ArcGIS Pro from 3.2 to 3.5, and was unable to overwrite an Arc Online-hosted feature service.