Example for line protocol upload not working

Welcome & Getting Started
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I was running through the getting started page here: Write data | Get started with InfluxDB Cloud Serverless | InfluxDB Cloud Serverless Documentation which has some line protocol data that one is supposed to be able to enter and upload.

So I copy-pasted it into the upload:

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and clicked write data, but all I get is an error that I submitted invalid line protocol.

I’m feeling very stupid, it’s like the first example in the tutorial and it’s not working already. Can anyone explain what the problem is?

I also tried pasting only the first line, because of a post saying it might be the newline on Windows - but that gave the same error. I pasted the same line and removed the timestamp, then it worked. But since the whole point would be to upload data with a timestamp, that can’t be the solution…

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@Martin_Fierz,
Hey! You’re not stupid. I’m sorry for the delay and I’m even more sorry to hear that this experience is making you feel that way.
So what’s happening is that data isn’t automatically updating the dates. If it’s outside your retention policy for your bucket it won’t write.

Here are some sources with data that is always being updated:

That uses flux though. Instead you can copy the line protocol and try again directly from here: