#3524·OctoPrint

Multiple layer shift when printing from OctoPrint

Author: radimsejkCreated Apr 18, 2020Updated Aug 30, 2026
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What were you doing?

It happened a lot of times but lastly I have been printing a flover pot overnight. After 3 hours of print it started layer shifting every hour or so. When I print the exact same gcode from sd card it does print well.

What did you expect to happen?

I expect not to have layer shifts on my prints.

What happened instead?

It shifted layers several times and when I hit pause after 9 hours of print to inspect inside of the flower pot it crashed printer head to the flower pot so I had to turn off the printer.

Did the same happen when running OctoPrint in safe mode?

It is happening only on large prints, so I do not want to waste filament and time on it :(

Version of OctoPrint

1.4.0

Operating System running OctoPrint

OctoPi 0.17.0

Printer model & used firmware incl. version

Prusa MK3S with latest 3.8.1

Browser and version of browser, operating system running browser

Chrome 80.0.3987.163 on Windows 10

Link to octoprint.log

Link to contents of terminal tab or serial.log

Do not have serial.log nor the terminal tab active now.

Link to contents of Javascript console in the browser

Do not have that.

Screenshot(s)/video(s) showing the problem:

first layer shift https://www.twitch.tv/videos/595369901 crash when paused on the end https://www.twitch.tv/videos/595372747 whole print until crash https://www.twitch.tv/videos/595020517