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Kestas P.
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Failed to grab locks
We are making simple file copying files via Dropbox API and getting exceptions like
com.dropbox.core.DbxException$RetryLater: {"error": "Failed to grab locks for 954581991: lock held by connect...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
11 years agoUnfortunately there isn't another way to handle this, but I'll be sure to pass this along as feedback.
- Greg-DB10 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Quick update: the API does now have support for batch copies:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_batch
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