### Answer
Since the issue persists despite the URL being accessible, this appears to be a backend processing problem [(1) ](
) . Based on similar reported cases, here are additional troubleshooting steps:
For URL-based sources:
- If you're trying to add a URL that points to a PDF file download link, upload the PDF directly as a file instead of a URL, since URLs can only read HTML webpages
- Knowledge bases support at max 500 URLs per knowledge base [(2) ](
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- Supported file formats include .pdf, .html, .md, .txt, and many others, with each file limited to 50MB and a maximum of 25 files
If you've enabled auto-refresh:
- Auto-refreshing re-fetches all URLs in the knowledge base every 24 hours
- Auto-crawling can be enabled for specific URL paths to automatically crawl pages every 24 hours
- There have been reported issues where auto-syncing stopped working, requiring support team intervention to fix [(3) ](
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Next steps:
Since you've confirmed the URL is accessible and the issue persists, this likely requires direct support investigation. Similar cases where knowledge bases showed "Failed to process the knowledge base" or 0 pages required backend fixes [(3) ](
) [(1) ](
) .
Contact support with:
- Your organization ID
- The specific URL you're trying to add
- Screenshots of the error/0 pages display
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