Is there a way to tell if my Dev instance was cloned recently?

[PN2]

Is there a way to tell if my Dev instance was cloned recently?  I looked at Dev's Clone History but it is blank.

[PN2]

Weston,

I don't see com.glide.email_accounts.  I do see com.glide.rollback though?  Not sure if that matters. 

[Weston Wilson]

Do you have any idea of when the last clone would have happened, if ever? Clones can only happen if a user has sufficient permissions in the development instance. If this is a ServiceNow personal developer instance, those cannot be cloned. 

[PN2]

Yes a clone was completed in our Dev environment yesterday 10/22.  The only way that I can tell that it was done is because our data now matches Prod.  But is there any other way to check and confirm that Dev has been cloned and completed?

[James-B]

Hi,

Figured I would post my solution to this seen as this thread seems to have had a few hits but no solution. 

I created a clone clean-up script like so:

var propName = "last_clone_date";
var propValue = new GlideDateTime().getValue(); // Current date/time

var prop = new GlideRecord("sys_properties");
prop.addQuery("name", propName);
prop.query();

if (prop.next()) {
    // Property exists, update it
    prop.value = propValue;
    prop.description = "The date this instance was last cloned.";
    prop.ignore_cache = 'true';
    prop.update();
} else {
    // Property doesn't exist, create it
    prop.initialize();
    prop.name = propName;
    prop.value = propValue;
    prop.description = "The date this instance was last cloned.";
    prop.type = "string";
    prop.ignore_cache = 'true';
    prop.insert();
}

[jens_t]

Yeah, if the Clone History is blank, it does make things a bit tricky — but there are still a few ways you might be able to tell if your Dev instance was cloned recently. First, check for anything that feels “reset” — like missing recent test data, default users showing up again, or roles that got wiped. Those can be signs that a fresh clone happened.

Also, if your platform keeps system or audit logs, you might be able to spot some clues there — sometimes clone actions are logged even if they don’t show up in the UI. If you’re using something like ServiceNow or a managed cloud platform, reaching out to your admin or support team might help too — they usually have access to backend activity logs that we can’t see. Hope that helps!