# "Could not save form - try again"

**What you are seeing**

"Could not save form - try again".

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## Why it happens

The save could not locate the form's macros in the page content. It retried five times over about nine seconds and gave up. Usually the page was edited concurrently, or the page structure changed underneath the reader.

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## What to do

Reload the page and try again. If it keeps happening, check nobody else is editing the same page at the same time.

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**          | **Value**                               | **What happens**                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Save retry ceiling | 5 attempts, backing off 250 ms, 500 ms, | If the save cannot locate the macros in the page content it retries on that ladder and then gives up, surfacing as "Could not save form - try again". |

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## Related

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[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/forms/everything-else.html)

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