Publishing a paste
The expiry duration is not valid
bad_expires_in_seconds
The expiry duration sent by the page or app was not a valid number of seconds.
HTTP 400·Publishing a paste
What it means
What happened
The expiry duration sent by the page or app was not a valid number of seconds.
Why
Why it might have happened
- The duration may be zero, negative, decimal, or missing.
- A third-party client may have sent the wrong field type.
Next steps
What you can try
- Choose a normal expiry from the composer.
- Refresh the page if the expiry menu seems stuck.
- If you use an app, update it and try again.
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