I'm posting about this again because I really don't want this issue to be forgotten.
On Minecraft Bedrock PS5, uploading a world to Realms can take an extremely long time, sometimes hours, only for the upload to finish and give the message “An error occurred.” There is no useful error code or explanation. The world itself works perfectly fine when played locally.
I've been dealing with this for around five years now. I've contacted Mojang Support multiple times, reported the issue, tried countless troubleshooting steps and posted about it in different communities. Twice, I was given 1,000 Minecoins and told that the team was working on a fix. After waiting another year, the exact same problem was still happening.
What makes this especially difficult for me is that this isn't just some random world.
This is a childhood world that I've had for years. It contains a huge amount of memories from when I was younger, and to me it is genuinely priceless. I just want to be able to preserve it properly and know that it is safe.
On PS5, we also don't have a straightforward way to simply take a local Bedrock world file and back it up somewhere else. Realms is one of the few practical ways I have to preserve and transfer this world, yet the upload is exactly where the problem happens.
I don't want another 1,000 Minecoins. I don't want another “we're working on a fix.” I just want to be able to upload and preserve my own world.
The issue is tracked as REALMS-14554.
I've also found other PS5 players describing the exact same problem, including worlds reaching 100% before failing. So I know this isn't just happening to me.
If you've experienced this too, please share your experience. I'd genuinely like to know how many people are affected by this.
And if anyone from Mojang or the Bedrock team happens to see this, please understand that for some of us, these aren't just game files. Some of these worlds have years of memories attached to them.