I can’t speak for others, but in my case, the notebook cannot be renamed.
How much time did it take to upload the local notebook?
The issue seems to differ with each lab. For your issue, did you try remaking the release folder yet?
- Click the folder icon next to “release” on the screen below the error
- Rename the folder to release_old
- Make a new folder called release
- Click Help > Get Latest Version
- If that doesn’t work, you can try renaming/remaking W3A1 instead
Not too long, I waited maybe a minute before checking boxes and seeing it appear, but the notebooks are only about 40 KB and it’ll differ for each person.
Course: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Week: 4
Assignment: Deep Neural Network - Application
Email ID: wdduncan@gmail.com
Error: Permission denied: release/W4A2/Deep Neural Network - Application.ipynb link
Course: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Week: 2
Assignment: Python_Basics_with_Numpy
Email ID: shivbhanusingh08@gmail.com
Error: ‘Permission Denied’
I had the same problem and here is what worked for me.
course name: Convolutional Neural Networks
Week 2
Programming assignment 2: Transfer Learning with MobileNet
What worked:
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I renamed the assignment folder W2A2 to W2A2_
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I opened a new terminal from the workspace jupyter, compressed the W2A2_ folder using the following command
tar -czvf any-name.tar.gz /W2A2_ -
I downloaded the tar.gz file and modified the notebook in my local.
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I then compressed the folder again in my local and uploaded it to my workspace.
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I extracted the uploaded tar.gz file with tar, and renamed the folder to W2A2. I checked the notebook but the submit button wasn’t showing.
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I then opened the original notebook, clicked on help and selected Get latest version. Then submit button appeared in the newly uploaded file, no longer has permission error and I was able to submit.
If you cannot find help tab on the original notebook, try adding “?forceRefresh=true” to its address in the browser.
Hi,
Thanks for your help.
Course Name: Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization
Week Number: 3
Assignment Name: /notebooks/release/W3A1/Tensorflow_introduction.ipynb
Email ID: ionut.mihalcea@effective-labs.fr
Error
I’m getting a 'permission denied error" in the notebook. See the image below

Course Name - Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Week Number - 3
Assignment Name - Planar Data Classification with One Hidden Layer
Email ID - szymanskiwojciech00@gmail.com
Error - Permission denied: release/W3A1/Planar_data_classification_with_one_hidden_layer.ipynb
I completed the entire assignment, and through an error I lost all progress
- Course Name: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
- Week Number: 2
- Assignment Name: Python Basics with Numpy & Logistic Regression with a Neural Network Mindset
- EmailId: 6iu8pneqv4@privaterelay.appleid.com
- And the error you are getting: Permission denied: release/W2A1/Python_Basics_with_Numpy.ipynb
- Course Name: Convolutional Neural Networks
- Week Number: 1
- Assignment Name: Programming Assignment: Convolutional Model, Step by Step
- The email ID you use for Coursera: [lucasisntreal@gmail.com]
- And the error you are getting: Permission denied: release/W1A1/Convolution_model_Step_by_Step_v1.ipynb
- Course Name DLS Neural Networks and Deep Learning
- Week Number 2
- Assignment Name with Link (For example: [Python Basics with Numpy ]Coursera | Online Courses & Credentials From Top Educators. Join for Free | Coursera
- The email ID you use for Coursera: alfred.neri.apolinario@gmail.com
- And the error you are getting. permission denied: release/w2a1/python_basic_with_numpu
Course Name - Convolutional Neural Networks
Week Number - 3
Assignment Name - Image Segmentation with U-Net
Email ID: abdalr7manalsisi@gmail.com
Error: Permission denied
Course Name - Convolution Neural Network
Week Number - 3
Assignment Name with Link Image Segmentation with U-Net
The email ID you use for Coursera - hwchua0209@gmail.com
Error you are getting: Permission denied.
- Course Name: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
- Week Number: 2
- Assignment Name: Python_Basics_with_Numpy
- The email ID you use for Coursera: mohamedkhaledsu96@gmail.com
- And the error you are getting: Permission denied: release/W2A1/Python_Basics_with_Numpy.ipynb
Course Name: Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization
Week Number: 3
Assignment Name with Link : TensorFlow Introduction
The email ID you use for Coursera: knyastasia@gmail.com
And the error you are getting: Permission denied: release/W3A1/Tensorflow_introduction.ipynb
Hello,
I tried all the tips and still can’t get this to submit.
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course name: Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization
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Week Number: 3
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Tensorflow_introduction(Coursera | Online Courses & Credentials From Top Educators. Join for Free | Coursera)
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Email: jzserena@gmail.com
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Error:
“permission denied: release/W3A1/Tensorflow_introduction.ipynb”
I’m currently on W1 but I’m seeing the same permission issues in all subsequent week programming assignments in 2,3,4.
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Course Name: Sequence Models
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Week Number: 1
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Assignment Name with Link
Programming Assignment: Building your Recurrent Neural Network - Step by Step
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[Programming Assignment: Dinosaur Island-Character-Level Language Modeling] (Coursera | Online Courses & Credentials From Top Educators. Join for Free | Coursera)
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Email ID: firefocs@gmail.com
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Error: Permission denied: W1A1/Building_a_Recurrent_Neural_Network_Step_by_Step.ipynb
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization
- Week Number3
- Tensorflow_introduction
Coursera | Online Courses & Credentials From Top Educators. Join for Free | Coursera - email id:mohamedwaleed650@gmail.com
- permission denied
- Course Name: Convolutional Neural Networks
- Week Number: 3
- Assignment Name with Link: Car detection with YOLO
(Coursera | Online Courses & Credentials From Top Educators. Join for Free | Coursera) - The email ID you use for Coursera: hien22mse23061@fsb.edu.vn
- And the error you are getting: All Test Pass but when submitted it showed Grade Received: 0% with below errors
Code Cell UNQ_C1: Unexpected error (AttributeError(“‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘shape’”)) occurred during function check. We expected functionyolo_filter_boxesto return yolo_filter_boxes test 1 failed. Please check that this function is defined properly.
Code Cell UNQ_C2: Unexpected error (TypeError(“ufunc ‘isfinite’ not supported for the input types, and the inputs could not be safely coerced to any supported types according to the casting rule ‘‘safe’’”)) occurred during function check. We expected functioniouto return iou test 1 failed. Please check that this function is defined properly.
Code Cell UNQ_C3: Unexpected error (AttributeError(“‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘shape’”)) occurred during function check. We expected functionyolo_non_max_suppressionto return yolo_non_max_suppression test 1 failed. Please check that this function is defined properly.
Code Cell UNQ_C4: Unexpected error (TypeError(‘cannot unpack non-iterable NoneType object’)) occurred during function check. We expected functionyolo_evalto return yolo_eval test 1 failed. Please check that this function is defined properly.
If you see many functions being marked as incorrect, try to trace back your steps & identify if there is an incorrect function that is being used in other steps.
This dependency may be the cause of the errors.


