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Update: July 27, 2026 

 

The infrastructure issue has been resolved, and all PDIs are back online. New PDI provisioning has also resumed, with PDIs currently available and little to no wait. 

 

All developers have been given additional time to access their PDIs and back up their work. If you previously received a reclamation notice, the date in that notice no longer applies. You will receive a new email with an updated date before your PDI can be reclaimed. 

 

We appreciate your patience while we worked to restore full PDI availability. 

 

 

 

Starting the evening of July 22, an infrastructure-related issue caused the Developer Site to become unavailable and some personal developer instances (PDIs) to appear offline. The Developer Site is now back online. We are continuing to investigate the impact to PDI availability and actions.

 

CURRENT STATUS

Developer Site: Available
New PDI provisioning: Available
Existing PDIs: Available
Developer action:  Log in to wake your PDI as needed and back up any work you want to preserve

 

WHAT HAPPENED?

On July 22, an infrastructure-related issue affected the Developer Site and some PDIs. The Developer Site was temporarily unavailable but has since been restored.

While we address the remaining issue, new PDIs cannot be created, and provisioning, reclaiming, and waking actions remain paused. Some affected PDIs are currently hibernating and cannot be accessed. If your PDI is affected, you will see a banner on the Developer Site.

 

WILL I LOSE THE DATA STORED ON MY PDI?

We do not expect any data loss as a result of this incident. Affected PDIs are currently hibernating, and the data stored on them is expected to remain available when they come back online. No action is required at this time.

 

I HAVE IMPORTANT DATA ON MY PDI THAT I NEED TO ACCESS. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

If your PDI remains offline, you will need to wait until it is back online to be able to access the data stored on it. No action is required at this time.

 

We recognize this interruption may affect ongoing development work, and we appreciate your patience as we work to resolve the issue.

 

As a reminder, PDIs are intended for learning, experimentation, and development scenarios and do not provide the same performance or reliability as customer instances. Because lost PDI data cannot be recovered, production and demo code should be stored outside of a PDI. We also recommend regularly backing up your PDI work using source control or update sets so it can be transferred or restored if needed.

202 Comments
KappathM
Tera Explorer

I had a working PDI, but then I released it it by mistake when I was changing something. Now, when I tried to request another PDI it is saying on waitlist. Is this because New PDI provisioning is paused? Any idea when this will be resumed, please?

KamaleswarP3206
Tera Explorer

dev433850
My PDI is still hibernating and also it's in offline even though after refreshing multiple times.
issue: "Your PDI is temporarily hibernating due to an infrastructure issue. Our team is working on a fix now. Learn more" 

FakhreA
Tera Explorer

please help me to get it done as status is online. i am not able to work or practice as PDI is still hibernating. when it will resolve?

JúlioCésarG
Tera Explorer

Hi guys how are you?
I hope you are doing well.
Any update on when PDIs will come online?

Bhamne
Tera Contributor

Hi . request to let me know if I can release and request for new instance. 

 

Thanks 

 

ZiaA
Tera Explorer

Hi Support Team,

My instance is still hibernating for the last 3 days, Is there any update as when the issue will get resolved

Thanks,

 

glideFather
Tera Patron

ahoy @Bhamne @JúlioCésarG @FakhreA @KamaleswarP3206 

guys, don't expect anyone to tell you when your instance in particular is available, there's no capacity for such announcements. Rather check it on your own once a while at https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/manage-instance 

 

Mine is back since Saturday:

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If yours is not, then wait some more, nothing else can be done.

 

MarkH1033060920
Kilo Sage

ServiceNow, noting your last update July 24, will the PDI restoration include those that were incorrectly reclaimed as they were being regularly logged into?
(e.g. dev215483)

Thank you.

glideFather
Tera Patron

@MarkH1033060920 once reclaimed, there's no way back...

Yamilla Manjko
Kilo Sage

As GlideFather said, I didn't get any notice but my PDI is back online as well.