# Error in creating a PDF report for a canvas workpad

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-creating-a-pdf-report-for-a-canvas-workpad/286976>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-reporting, canvas\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-creating-a-pdf-report-for-a-canvas-workpad/286976 "2021-10-18T10:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![hNiven](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hniven/32/94305_2.png) [@hNiven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hNiven)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-creating-a-pdf-report-for-a-canvas-workpad/286976/1 "2021-10-18T10:44:31Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to use the share feature to generate a PDF report of a canvas workpad I have created. However, when I try to generate the report I am met with 2 errors when trying multiple times:

1. Error: Error spawning Chromium browser: [TimeoutError: waiting for target failed: timeout 30000ms exceeded]

2. Error: Error spawning Chromium browser: [Error: Protocol error (Target.setDiscoverTargets): Target closed.]

I am on kibana version 7.9.1

Is there anyway to solve this error, I have had a look around and I cannot seem to find anything so any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Dzmitry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dzmitry/32/65026_2.png) [@Dzmitry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dzmitry)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-creating-a-pdf-report-for-a-canvas-workpad/286976/2 "2021-10-20T12:53:34Z")

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Hi @hNiven,

In order to help we need to see your Kibana logs, it should give more details about the issue.

I can recommend reading [troubleshooting](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/reporting-troubleshooting.html#_literal_caught_error_spawning_chromium_literal) guide and try generating report on a server that has more RAM:

- headless browser (used by reporting plugin) failed to stay alive during your report generation
- pay attention to the system requirements in the link above
- starting 7.10 reporting has in-built troubleshooting tool, but before that you need to do all investigations on your own.

Regards, Dzmitry

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-creating-a-pdf-report-for-a-canvas-workpad/286976/3 "2021-11-17T12:54:14Z")

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