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Offline PDI

  There have been multiple posts/Questions about PDI going offline.Unfortunatly there is no resolution for that as of now. Its a Known issue these days. Instance help is no longer monitored by servicenow anymore.None of the solutions are working now....

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Developer Instances are offline!

We apologize for the convenience caused.There is ongoing Datacenter maintenance. We are experiencing an unexpected issue and working on the same.We'll let you know once we have an update.Regards,Kamini Kansal

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Instances are back online or hibernating!

Hello Everyone, Most of the instances are online or hibernating now. Please let us know if you are still facing issues with your PDI. We really appreciate your patience on this.  We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Regards, Kamini Kansal

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Developer Site issues

The developer site has been experiencing issues over the past few days. You may have had difficulty in accessing developer.servicenow.com or in allocating an instance. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. We believe that the issues are under co...

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Developer Instances Offline

Due to some technical reasons, developer instances are offline. We are actively working on this issue and trying to resolve this asap. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Regards, Kamini Kansal

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Developer Instances Offline Issue

Due to some technical reasons, developer instances are offline. We are actively working on this issue and trying to resolve this asap. Update- "April 30th"- We are still working on this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience caused Regards, Kamini...

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Developer Program no longer monitors the community (PDIs).

The Developer Program no longer monitors the community for Personal Developer Instance (PDI)-related issues. To get PDI support, open the Developer Site < https://developer.servicenow.com > and click the Give Feedback button. Regards, Kamini Kansal

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Help! I lost access to my Instance due to Web service access only

Articles, Blogs, Videos, Podcasts, Share projects - Experiences from the field   Hi there,   Ever lost your GUI access to your (Personal Developer) Instance? Because of activating the Web service access only checkbox on your User record? It could hap...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Instance Maintenance - Aug 30th

A few of the personal developer instances will be offline for maintenance and patching today. We are expecting the downtime to be no longer than a couple of hours per instance. If your instance is down for more than a few hours - please let us know s...

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Failing Restores for Developer Instances

Hello Everyone, Because of some technical difficulties, we've disabled the restore operation. We are actively working on this issue. We will enable it once the issue is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Regards, Kamini Kansal

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Please do NOT release PDI, just because it is OFFLINE now!

Hello, Something is wrong in PDIs, and almost all PDIs seems to be offline.However please never release your PDI.As shown in the figure below, it is NOT possible to request a NEW PDI. I'm posting this to prevent more victims like me.Thanks,

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PDI Is Offline ? Read this blog

Hello, I see there are many questions related to PDI outage from past two days and even my PDI is also down and not I'm able to access, I had posted this on LinkedIn and one of Servicenow employee has shared a blog on this. Kindly read the blog as it...

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Upcoming Datacenter Maintenance

Personal Developer Instances (PDI) will be undergoing maintenance from Monday, July 26 through Tuesday, July 27 PDT. During the maintenance window, your PDI may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Regards, Kamini Kansal

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Developer Instances are offline

Sorry for the convenience caused.There is an ongoing DC maintenance. We are experiencing an unexpected issue and working on the same.We'll let you know once we have an update. Regards,Kamini Kansal

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