# Internal Error when I submit a panel plugin for publishing **URL:** \ **Category:** Signing & publishing\ **Tags:** plugins\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228 "2024-01-30T16:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/1 "2024-01-30T16:10:44Z")
I’ve written a new panel plugin for flowcharts. When I try and publish it as per [Publish or update a plugin | Grafana Plugin Tools](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/publish-a-plugin/publish-a-plugin) the ‘Submit’ button just returns an ‘Internal Error’. The console log isn’t really any more helpful. I’ve tried rebooting, I’ve tried with the firewall off. I’ve tried asking the bot for help but not had an answer for over two days… Is that link still the correct way to submit a panel plugin for publication? I was going to add what I’d entered into the submit screen but as a new user I’m only allowed two links in my question… ---
**Author:** ![davidharris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/davidharris/32/34182_2.png) [@davidharris](https://community.grafana.com/u/davidharris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/2 "2024-01-30T16:30:12Z")
![Screenshot 2024-01-30 at 16.27.25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/e/7/e759eca1940b1898d0f0deb0ae5ab156a1306d4c.png) Hi@andymchugh - are you able to share a screenshot of the values you added for the form in a comment? ---
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/3 "2024-01-30T16:38:55Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/3/1/310fc8a9ce981c6292aa57a7d657be1dabbcb04f.png) ---
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/4 "2024-01-30T16:39:40Z")
with the zip url being [andrewbmchugh-flow-panel/andrewbmchugh-flow-panel-1.0.0.zip at ver\_1.0.0 · andymchugh/andrewbmchugh-flow-panel · GitHub](https://github.com/andymchugh/andrewbmchugh-flow-panel/blob/ver_1.0.0/andrewbmchugh-flow-panel-1.0.0.zip) ---
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/5 "2024-01-30T16:40:45Z")
I wasn’t totally sure what they were after with the md5 field so i got that hash from doing: md5sum andrewbmchugh-flow-panel-1.0.0.zip ---
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/6 "2024-01-30T16:46:35Z")
with the expanded ‘Internal Error’ I get back in log being: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/f/0/f094338ab983c4bd51b8eff46eb27252327499b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![davidharris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/davidharris/32/34182_2.png) [@davidharris](https://community.grafana.com/u/davidharris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/7 "2024-01-30T17:24:58Z")
I think the URL needs to be a direct download URL for the zip such as `https://github.com/briangann/grafana-gauge-panel/releases/download/v2.0.1/briangann-gauge-panel-2.0.1.zip` Assuming this resolves for you we’ll look at making this clearer and handling the error better. ---
**Author:** ![andymchugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@andymchugh](https://community.grafana.com/u/andymchugh)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/8 "2024-01-30T17:53:30Z")
David, you are a star! Thank you so much 🙂 That worked. ---
**Author:** ![davidharris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/davidharris/32/34182_2.png) [@davidharris](https://community.grafana.com/u/davidharris)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/internal-error-when-i-submit-a-panel-plugin-for-publishing/113228/9 "2024-01-30T18:13:17Z")
No problem at all, glad you’ve got it working!