# Error message popping up and affecting format **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [November 2, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-message-popping-up-and-affecting-format/24403 "2022-11-02T14:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![colbyd2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@colbyd2014](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/colbyd2014)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-message-popping-up-and-affecting-format/24403/1 "2022-11-02T14:56:34Z")
Hi! I was adding cards and I keep getting this error message. Anki 2.1.46 (94913ec2) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2 Platform: Mac 10.16 Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=2 Add-ons, last update check: 2022-11-02 09:39:23 Socket error Traceback (most recent call last): File “waitress/channel.py”, line 121, in handle\_write File “waitress/channel.py”, line 259, in \_flush\_some File “waitress/wasyncore.py”, line 431, in send OSError: [Errno 55] No buffer space available ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-message-popping-up-and-affecting-format/24403/2 "2022-11-04T00:23:32Z")
A previous user who reported this message said it went away after restarting their computer. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-message-popping-up-and-affecting-format/24403/3 "2022-12-04T00:24:14Z")
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