Error Occurs While Uploading a Patch Set

Issue

When uploading a patch set using the Upload Patches to the Software Library page you see an error stating that the operation failed to read the patch attributes.

ERROR:Failed to read patch attributes from the uploaded patch file <filename>.zip

Cause

Occasionaly the patch attributes are not read from the metadata file. As a result, the operation fails stating that it could not read the attributes.

Solution

Manually enter all the patch attributes under the Patch Information section of the Upload Patches to Software Library page. For example, patch number, created on, description, platform, and language.