Error: Elsevier LaTeX compilation: Mismatched LaTeX support files detected

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When submitting a paper on editorialmanager.com, you need to submit the latex source file to the website, and then the system will compile the pdf. But I encountered some problems when compiling today, which caused the compiled pdf to be an error log instead of the correct paper.

error message

The error message is as follows:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022)
(preloaded format=pdflatex 2023.2.22) 15 MAR 2023 09:55
entering extended mode
restricted \write18 enabled.
%&-line parsing enabled.
**submission.tex
(./submission.tex
LaTeX2e <2022-11-01> patch level 1
L3 programming layer <2023-02-07> (./elsarticle.cls
Document Class: elsarticle 2020/11/20, 3.3: Elsevier Ltd
(c:/TeXLive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.sty
Package: expl3 2023-02-22 L3 programming layer (loader)
! LaTeX Error: Mismatched LaTeX support files detected.
(LaTeX) Loading 'expl3.sty' aborted!
(LaTeX)
(LaTeX) The L3 programming layer in the LaTeX format
(LaTeX) is dated 2023-02-07, but in your TeX tree the files
require
(LaTeX) at least 2023-02-22.
For immediate help type H <return>.
...
l.77 \ExplLoaderFileDate{expl3.sty}}
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There are probably these errors:

• Mismatched LaTeX support files detected
• Loading ‘expl3.sty’ aborted!

solution

• Mark all LaTeX related uploaded files asmanuscript
• Remove the style files of the thesis template, such aselsarticle.cls