{
  "id": 682467,
  "title": "unable to submit after Entry Deadline – Is a prior submission required?",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/682467",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-03-18T11:03:17.292855600Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I joined the competition and accepted the rules before the Entry Deadline (March 16). However, I am currently unable to make any submissions.</p>\n<p>I noticed that the Entry Deadline has passed, but the Final Submission Deadline is still a few days away (March 23). Does Kaggle require at least one successful submission before the Entry Deadline to stay eligible for the final week?</p>\n<p>I have already accepted the rules, but I hadn't made my first submission yet. Is this why the submission button is disabled, or is there another technical requirement I might be missing?</p>\n<p>I would appreciate any clarification from the organizers or fellow Kagglers.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3423262",
      "postDate": "03/18/2026 11:03:17",
      "content": "<p>I joined the competition and accepted the rules before the Entry Deadline (March 16). However, I am currently unable to make any submissions.</p>\n<p>I noticed that the Entry Deadline has passed, but the Final Submission Deadline is still a few days away (March 23). Does Kaggle require at least one successful submission before the Entry Deadline to stay eligible for the final week?</p>\n<p>I have already accepted the rules, but I hadn't made my first submission yet. Is this why the submission button is disabled, or is there another technical requirement I might be missing?</p>\n<p>I would appreciate any clarification from the organizers or fellow Kagglers.</p>\n<p>Best regards,</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I joined the competition and accepted the rules before the Entry Deadline (March 16). However, I am currently unable to make any submissions.\n\nI noticed that the Entry Deadline has passed, but the Final Submission Deadline is still a few days away (March 23). Does Kaggle require at least one successful submission before the Entry Deadline to stay eligible for the final week?\n\nI have already accepted the rules, but I hadn't made my first submission yet. Is this why the submission button is disabled, or is there another technical requirement I might be missing?\n\nI would appreciate any clarification from the organizers or fellow Kagglers.\n\nBest regards,",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3423345",
      "postDate": "03/18/2026 13:13:33",
      "content": "<p>Google suggests the following: </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Entry Deadline vs. Team Merger Deadline vs. Final Submission Deadline: Kaggle competitions have multiple deadlines. The Entry Deadline is typically the last date to join the competition or make an initial submission.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Google suggests the following: \n\n>Entry Deadline vs. Team Merger Deadline vs. Final Submission Deadline: Kaggle competitions have multiple deadlines. The Entry Deadline is typically the last date to join the competition or make an initial submission.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3425102",
      "postDate": "03/20/2026 11:10:32",
      "content": "<p>You probably need to remove internet access for your notebook. This is the most common cause of submission impossibility.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You probably need to remove internet access for your notebook. This is the most common cause of submission impossibility.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3423345,
      "author_name": "garbo999",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/18/2026 13:13:33",
      "content": "<p>Google suggests the following: </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Entry Deadline vs. Team Merger Deadline vs. Final Submission Deadline: Kaggle competitions have multiple deadlines. The Entry Deadline is typically the last date to join the competition or make an initial submission.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3425102,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/20/2026 11:10:32",
      "content": "<p>You probably need to remove internet access for your notebook. This is the most common cause of submission impossibility.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3423262": "I joined the competition and accepted the rules before the Entry Deadline (March 16). However, I am currently unable to make any submissions.\n\nI noticed that the Entry Deadline has passed, but the Final Submission Deadline is still a few days away (March 23). Does Kaggle require at least one successful submission before the Entry Deadline to stay eligible for the final week?\n\nI have already accepted the rules, but I hadn't made my first submission yet. Is this why the submission button is disabled, or is there another technical requirement I might be missing?\n\nI would appreciate any clarification from the organizers or fellow Kagglers.\n\nBest regards,",
    "3423345": "Google suggests the following: \n\n>Entry Deadline vs. Team Merger Deadline vs. Final Submission Deadline: Kaggle competitions have multiple deadlines. The Entry Deadline is typically the last date to join the competition or make an initial submission.",
    "3425102": "You probably need to remove internet access for your notebook. This is the most common cause of submission impossibility."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}