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Unable to download GSA SER v18.88

royalmice — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:02:18 +0000

@Sven

I am unable to download the latest update of GSA SER v18.8 as it is blocked by Windows Defender. I tried the home pc and also from the VPS same everywhere.

The in-place update works, but for new installs unable to download.

Footprint Studio Crash Bug?

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:48:00 +0000

Hey guys,

Is this a bug? Everytime I try to analyse 1000 or more URLs I always get crash no matter if I put 10 or 500 threads /

https://prnt.sc/5ze6RqD66wrl

GSASER Article Insert Anchor Onto Link Issue

Deeeeeeee — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:15:14 +0000

Hi @Sven, I found an issue. It seems if I use a KW and anchor hard-written into the article, SER may try to place a link onto that text, ignoring that the article text already has a link for that text.

Could SER check the text in an article we're trying to put an anchor onto to see if it already has a

Thank you.

Generating AI articles with GSA content generator not working

truthealer07 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:20:20 +0000

A few months ago I was able to use this function inside GSA content generator to generate thousands of articles perfectly fine but now when I try it is giving me issues. Whenever I go to create AI articles inside GSA content generator using GPT 4o mini it will constantly give me the error "unable to generate content, no valid content from API". I am sure that the API is correct and I even created a new one to test and it gives me the same issue, i am also sure that I have plenty of funds topped up in my account.

@Sven can you please look into this and see what the issue is.

OPENAI Macro Outputting OPEN AI Prompt at End: It was %original_anchor_text%

Deeeeeeee — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:36:31 +0000

This generates the proper requested data via the AI prompt macro, but then SER seems to be adding the content of the macro prompt itself to the end of the About Me that's been created, which was done well, and according to the AI's directions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I checked my log at OPEN AI and the text was generated without appending the AI prompt. So this happened after SER received the data back.

P.S. Actual Article output via the same macro works fine. Any ideas?

Is there something in how SER parses the macro? I took commas within my prompt out but still not okay. This had been okay so wondering if this was due to change in an update?

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So I was only looking at the output. The input string was being cut off, when I checked that side. Oddly, even though cut off and not showing in the input window , it was still "there" and was clearly utilized by the AI engine in writing the About Me text, while at the same time the AI was echoing the entire prompt after the ] closing bracket (I didn't know was there) back to me.

Anyway, &original_anchor_text% seems to create:

[htt ps://my.own.site My Site]

and that closing bracket closed the AI prompt!

Is that also true in the article engine? Am I sending this to AI generators, and it's being parsed like THAT?

Or, is it just that %original_anchor_text% will add the bracket set [ ] and link for About Me pages automatically?

What GSA SER Macro should I be using instead, dear friends?

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UPDATE: %original_Anchor_text% doesn't seem to be working for articles either.

I did find a few instances where this did work, but in a lot of cases, the request is complete and not cut off like it is in the above instances with the "About Me" links, and I see %original_anchor_text% as part of the OPEN AI API input in the logs, not the actual anchor SER has selected.

Anyone nkow how this macro operates? Is there a reason for this?

What macro can I use that is solely the anchor text SER has chosen and not a link or anything else inserted?

many thanks

Extended filter in Engine selection

londonseo — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:39:12 +0000

@Sven

In the Select > Extended Filter option when viewing verified URLS, MacOS Wiki is missing from the list of Engines.

Please look into this.

Thanks

Skip sites with the following words in URL/Domain

londonseo — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:35:12 +0000

@Sven

The "Skip sites with the following words in URL/Domain" option is not working.

SER keeps posting to this domain sun-clinic.co.il over and over again, even though I added it as ALL (Domain & Path).

Please look into this.

YouTube preview - Error 153

londonseo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:28:59 +0000

@sven - all the YouTube previews in the Article Manager preview display a Error 153.

Please look into this.

Thanks

NEW re-verification options

londonseo — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:55:26 +0000

@Sven

In the new re-verification options, the second re-verification does not save.

Please look into this.

Thanks

Tools >> Import >> Options ==> not working as expected

royalmice — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:36:17 +0000

@Sven

When I create a new project and in the Project Options Tab, I go to Tools \ Import \ Options -- and select an Options template which I made previously. It imports and updates the fields under the options tab as expected.
BUT
It is also changing fields under the Data Tab, specifically the anchor text variation fields.

I would expect only the Option fields to be edited when importing options.

Here is a quick video to show you

https://www.loom.com/share/8053220d34af49888fe98bde4968af98?sid=98c86938-8e84-4ad4-84d5-d30fd3ceb127

GSA WordPress automatically removes links from images after updating - the program trims the HTML

Coelho — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:52:18 +0000

Hello. After updating the program on Wp sites, articles stopped creating active links on images. Everything looks fine in the text check, but on the site, none of the images are clickable. Everything used to work fine. Please fix this bug. I am sending you an example of the code I used to place images and my link, and everything worked in WP articles.

http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://i.imgur.com/my.png" alt="yes" />

The program will place a link on WP, trimming the link.
https://i.imgur.com/foto.png" alt="yes" />

I tried not to include links in HTML when posting GSA, but they don't work on the Wp website.

site.com/wp-admin:login:pass

Everything looks fine in the program preview, the link is clickable. But when posting, there is no link.

GSA SER not recogizing my captcha services anymore

Ray2003 — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:59:59 +0000

Hi, GSA SER doesn't recognize my two captcha services--Xevil and 2Captcha--anymore. It recognized both just yesterday. I'm running it on a VPS, and I've made some changes to it. I don't know whether these caused the problem or not. The changes are:

1) Added Malwarebytes to the VPS since Windows Security always blocked XEvil from running, even when I added it to Exclusions. I got it to work by turning off Real Time Protection on Windows Security while adding Malwarebytes for my real-time needs. But even with MalwareBytes, even when I turn it off completely, the same problem shows up (please see screenshot).

2) I upgraded my VPS's computing and memory specs.

3) I upgraded GSA SER to the newest version (18.50).

What could be causing this problem? Any help would be sincerely appreciated!

Video preview image bug

londonseo — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:58:05 +0000

@sven - the video preview image does not allow any file name with an apostrophe (You're, It's ....) in it.

It displays an error message stating that the file does not exist or is unreadable.

Can anything be done about this?

Blacklist Filter List is Empty

sickseo — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:53:53 +0000

It seems the blacklist filter contains no urls. Wondering if this is a bug or has the feature been abandoned?

Open AI error

verydima — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:39:55 +0000

Sven, hello. Thanks for adding openai.
I have error https://i.imgur.com/V7dlvd3.png
Preview show the same https://i.imgur.com/Z7ieGjG.png
I also wanted to ask. Can't you make it so that you can specify "Generate 100 articles per day maximum" and the program itself generates and adds to the list of articles.

GSA SER creates links even no scraping / lists are added

adystanley — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:49:32 +0000

Like the title said, GSA SER still builds links even i have no scraping option / no search engines checked for scraping and no lists are added to the projects.

I cleared the cache for all projects, cleared the identified, submitted, failed and verified folders, set in project options to don`t use global lists, didn`t imported any lists to the projects, show remaining target urls is 0 when i press the start button, then suddenly it goes to 7800 everytime.

That's a GSA SER bug. Please Sven look into this.

GSA SER Wont saving verified links in the verified folder

Matthew_87 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:13:04 +0000

Hello @sven

This happens time to time even i get decent verified links my txt files last modified dates are older few weeks but i know i am getting hundreds of verified links per day with no issues. I even got index them but not saving in text.

No i don't have enabled READ ONLY in the verified folder

Issue On SER Extending Number of Characters in Username To Meet Minimum In Engine

Deeeeeeee — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:01:53 +0000

Very odd..

I was playing with the new ZWordpress engine.

I had used a test account that is only 4 characters long.

The engine calls for minimum of 6 characters, so SER appended two characters to the Username.

But now the project continues to use the Username AND PW first assigned during testing when the extra characters were added. I have since changed both these fields a bunch of times and there's an issue.

I have now tried a few others usernames over 6 characters, as well as leaving the field blank and checking random, but I still see the same Username and PW each time!

So, OFC, the engine is failing bc it's trying to still use the first Username and PW I had entered, when SER had to append two characters. I have since changed the username to meet the 6 character minimum, instead of changing the engine.

I even restarted SER.
I looked at the engine to see if I hadn't accidentally put some extra characters in there when I was looking at after I first DLed it. Nothing.
It should not be happening.

I guess it has to be something with the process where SER adds characters to a username? Somehow, this gets stuck. I'll try duplicating Project to see if persists.

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Sven, when I copy the project this issue stops. So it looks like the Username char extender was stuck?

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P.S. Finally got the ZombieDev WordPress engine working.

[Import accounts] Special characters in Spanish changed

Oscar — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:04:44 +0000

When importing accounts into projects, I have noticed that when we use passwords with "ñ" in Spanish, it changes to "ń", so we get the invalid password error.

PS. It is a password generated outside of GSASER.

after update list site not load

king1353 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:00:25 +0000

hello

after update to 18.4 list site not load.

Preview of Article Manager not opening

backache — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:40:33 +0000

Both minimal and minimal black, after clicking and waiting for generation, just give me a white window that quickly dissappers.

I'm on v 18.06.

Custom site list not work, i mean cant get site list

alice88 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:44:16 +0000

helo bro, i think hv some bugs

Issue with the Tire project rename

MasumKhan — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:19:47 +0000

Hi, @Sven
After updating the latest version, there is a major issue with the Tire Project rename. Before the update I can import a tire project file and rename the tire project at once but never detached the tire project. But now, when I import a tire project file, if I rename the tire project, it breaks down to a separate project. here is video so you can understand the problem.

https://streamable.com/geaxzg

Custom dpi interface issue

useruser1 — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:28:20 +0000

When choose custom dpi(Form scaling/Font size 175) for interface I got an issue with text like in screenshot

#### Is it just me or why my GSA stops on its own?? I am using the scheduler by the way.

SEONinja_92 — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:12:53 +0000

I am using scheduler for every 10 mins. But sometimes I noticed it has stopped like hours ago. Anyone has an idea please? Is this a bug or what?

Skip ext links don't work?

AlexUA — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:28:55 +0000

Hello, I'm set in project options:

Start posting and then show urls (verif)

does this option not work or have I misunderstood something?

Posting the same site many times

Contextboss — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:11:33 +0000

Hi! I've disabled the option "Allow posting the same site" and "Retry to submit to previously failed..." but I still have submissions to the same sites many times. How to fix that?

Impossible to import URL into Project data

huhforeal — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:48:03 +0000

Since updating to the latest version, I have not been able to import url into projects.

Url > Edit > Clear > Import from clipboard ( Import urls with no anchors and also include random http:// in front of each imported urls

Url > Edit > Clear > Import From File > ( Import URLs with no anchors or sometime it imports only just 10 rows)

Project selection screen

Select all Projects > Import > import Url From File > ( Import URLs but if you save the projects, its impossible to save urls in any projects )

Bad sitekey Xevil4-5

Vikt — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 07:59:15 +0000

What could be the problem?

most sites give an error bad sitekey

Export account data from export does not match submitted, verified urls in project completely

ksatul — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:38:40 +0000

I exported account data of submitted urls, verified urls

i received only 20% of submitted urls account data in export and the sites that were in account data, some were not in the submitted urls list on the project. some domains were there , some were not.

so where is it picking the account data if they are not in the project ?.

same with account data of verified urls, 10% data was exported and others site data was not exported.

submitted urls were done fresh today, yesterday.

BIg question is which sites is ser sumitting/ submitted to ?.

If the account data doesn't match submitted urls completely than where did this data come from and which sites were used for submission?.