# Final Submission Failed **URL:** \ **Category:** Pale Blue Dot\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156 "2024-01-23T09:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JoyceChindong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@JoyceChindong](https://community.drivendata.org/u/JoyceChindong)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/22 "2024-01-26T18:06:25Z")
Thanks! I finally completed my submission. The issue was my internet connection. ---
**Author:** ![Katso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/community.drivendata.org/katso/32/1732_2.png) [@Katso](https://community.drivendata.org/u/Katso)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/23 "2024-01-26T18:46:51Z")
Hello! Our team also faced a similar problem and submitted via email. We used [katsojohnobotsang@gmail.com](mailto:katsojohnobotsang@gmail.com) to make that submission. Please let us know if you have received it and if the files meet the submission criteria. ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/24 "2024-01-26T22:23:37Z")
My Submission keeps falling, i have the required files ---
**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/25 "2024-01-26T22:27:37Z")
@patmekury What is the error message you see when you try and submit? What files does your submission contain? ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/26 "2024-01-26T22:37:02Z")
**The ZIP archive contains unrecognized file name(s): {‘’, ‘.ds\_store’}. Accepted file names are: [‘report.mp4’, ‘report.pdf’, ‘summary.pdf’, ‘visual.jpeg’, ‘visual.jpg’, ‘visual.pdf’, ‘visual.png’, ‘visual\_demo.mp4’]** ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/27 "2024-01-26T22:38:02Z")
i have report.pdf, summary.pdf, visual.mp4 and visual.png ---
**Author:** ![emily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@emily](https://community.drivendata.org/u/emily)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/28 "2024-01-26T22:49:20Z")
Hi @patmekury, you’re not allowed to have extra files in your submission. It sounds like yours includes `.DS_Store`, which is a hidden file on Macs. You’ll want to create the zip from the command line rather than using “compress” in finder. There are instructions on how to do this here: [https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/256/pale-blue-dot/page/803/#creating-a-zip-archive](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/256/pale-blue-dot/page/803/#creating-a-zip-archive) ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/29 "2024-01-26T23:02:17Z")
i did, i still get the error. ---
**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/30 "2024-01-26T23:07:05Z")
@patmekury What exactly are the files in your submission? I noticed you listed `visual.mp4` as one of the files. Per the [submission format](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/256/pale-blue-dot/page/803/#1-image), that file should be named `visual_demo.mp4`. How did you create your ZIP archive? As Emily mentioned, using the python instructions [here](https://www.drivendata.org/competitions/256/pale-blue-dot/page/803/#creating-a-zip-archive) should remove the .DS\_store file. ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/31 "2024-01-26T23:17:54Z")
I did in the command line, it still gave me the error ---
**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/32 "2024-01-26T23:31:45Z")
@patmekury Was it the same error as previously? Is you have a file called `visual.mp4` instead of `video_demo.mp4`, that will also cause an error. Others who have run into this error have been successful when creating the submission in Python. If you are still unable to submit, you may send your submission over email to info [at] drivendata [dot] org ---
**Author:** ![patmekury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@patmekury](https://community.drivendata.org/u/patmekury)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156/33 "2024-01-27T00:55:30Z")
i submitted it through mail. let me know if it was received. [Previous page](https://community.drivendata.org/t/final-submission-failed/10156.md?page=1)