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  "id": 657378,
  "title": "Attribute Error",
  "url": "/competitions/csiro-biomass/discussion/657378",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-12-10T11:22:50.766417700Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>Tried multiple attempts, changed dependencies multiple times, but its either showing Attribute Error, or notebook failing to save. Had anyone found a solution yet to this issue ?</p>\n<hr>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</p>",
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    {
      "id": "3369821",
      "postDate": "12/10/2025 11:22:50",
      "content": "<p>Tried multiple attempts, changed dependencies multiple times, but its either showing Attribute Error, or notebook failing to save. Had anyone found a solution yet to this issue ?</p>\n<hr>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)</p>\n<h2>AttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</h2>\n<p>AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Tried multiple attempts, changed dependencies multiple times, but its either showing Attribute Error, or notebook failing to save. Had anyone found a solution yet to this issue ?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3370021",
      "postDate": "12/10/2025 14:24:56",
      "content": "<p>Try changing submission code from a notebook to a script - I get this error often and this almost always fixes it for me. No clue why or what is going wrong.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Try changing submission code from a notebook to a script - I get this error often and this almost always fixes it for me. No clue why or what is going wrong.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3370037",
      "postDate": "12/10/2025 14:32:56",
      "content": "<p>I added this to the Install Dependencies to eliminate that error message.</p>\n<p>pip install protobuf==3.20.3</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I added this to the Install Dependencies to eliminate that error message.\n\npip install protobuf==3.20.3",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3370070",
      "postDate": "12/10/2025 15:02:08",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pcjimmmy\" target=\"_blank\">@pcjimmmy</a> you deserve more acknowledgement. Thanks for all the help and support you give in these discussions! Always good to see your recommendations. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "pcjimmmy you deserve more acknowledgement. Thanks for all the help and support you give in these discussions! Always good to see your recommendations.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3371770",
      "postDate": "12/11/2025 16:40:42",
      "content": "<p>Not sure why I bother - posted a bunch of help in this competition and the number of up votes can be counted on one hand.  Back a few months ago when discussion up votes counted towards progression it was very disturbing to help someone solve a submission issue and not get even one up with that person.  Now that discussion up votes mean pretty much nothing, it's still equally disturbing :)</p>\n<p>I think long time ago I mentioned to you that my grandparents came from the Netherlands - thanks for the complement Cousin.  </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Not sure why I bother - posted a bunch of help in this competition and the number of up votes can be counted on one hand.  Back a few months ago when discussion up votes counted towards progression it was very disturbing to help someone solve a submission issue and not get even one up with that person.  Now that discussion up votes mean pretty much nothing, it's still equally disturbing :)\n\nI think long time ago I mentioned to you that my grandparents came from the Netherlands - thanks for the complement Cousin.",
      "votes": null
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    {
      "id": 3370021,
      "author_name": "timkrige",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/10/2025 14:24:56",
      "content": "<p>Try changing submission code from a notebook to a script - I get this error often and this almost always fixes it for me. No clue why or what is going wrong.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
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      "id": 3370037,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/10/2025 14:32:56",
      "content": "<p>I added this to the Install Dependencies to eliminate that error message.</p>\n<p>pip install protobuf==3.20.3</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3370070,
          "author_name": "timkrige",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/10/2025 15:02:08",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/pcjimmmy\" target=\"_blank\">@pcjimmmy</a> you deserve more acknowledgement. Thanks for all the help and support you give in these discussions! Always good to see your recommendations. </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3371770,
              "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "12/11/2025 16:40:42",
              "content": "<p>Not sure why I bother - posted a bunch of help in this competition and the number of up votes can be counted on one hand.  Back a few months ago when discussion up votes counted towards progression it was very disturbing to help someone solve a submission issue and not get even one up with that person.  Now that discussion up votes mean pretty much nothing, it's still equally disturbing :)</p>\n<p>I think long time ago I mentioned to you that my grandparents came from the Netherlands - thanks for the complement Cousin.  </p>",
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    "3369821": "Tried multiple attempts, changed dependencies multiple times, but its either showing Attribute Error, or notebook failing to save. Had anyone found a solution yet to this issue ?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\nAttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)\nAttributeError: 'MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype'",
    "3370021": "Try changing submission code from a notebook to a script - I get this error often and this almost always fixes it for me. No clue why or what is going wrong.",
    "3370037": "I added this to the Install Dependencies to eliminate that error message.\n\npip install protobuf==3.20.3",
    "3370070": "pcjimmmy you deserve more acknowledgement. Thanks for all the help and support you give in these discussions! Always good to see your recommendations.",
    "3371770": "Not sure why I bother - posted a bunch of help in this competition and the number of up votes can be counted on one hand.  Back a few months ago when discussion up votes counted towards progression it was very disturbing to help someone solve a submission issue and not get even one up with that person.  Now that discussion up votes mean pretty much nothing, it's still equally disturbing :)\n\nI think long time ago I mentioned to you that my grandparents came from the Netherlands - thanks for the complement Cousin."
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