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Personal Developer Instances (PDI) - We're having trouble opening your instance due to an internal e

kimberlylp — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:04:33 GMT

We're having trouble opening your instance due to an internal error. We should have it fixed in a few minutes....

I've had this message for several days. I tried refreshing the instance and it still doesn't come back. I even release the instance and rebuilt it on Saturday and the message is back today on the new instance. If I rebuild this time, I loose data.

Any suggestions?

Re: Personal Developer Instances (PDI) - We're having trouble opening your instance due to an intern

Chanuka — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:34:33 GMT

Hi @kimberlylp ,

This is actually a known issue with PDIs ,this error usually means your instance lost connection.

A PDI can go unavailable for a few reasons. Sometimes it is still waking up from hibernation. Sometimes there is patching or maintenance happening in the background. And sometimes the server pool your instance sits on is just having a bad day.

Reclaiming does not always help because your new instance might end up on the same server pool with the same problem.

A few things worth trying:

Open an incognito window and paste your PDI URL directly. Sometimes, this can resolve the issue.
If it still doesn't work , raise a ticket thru the Developer support portal. They can see what has gone wrong from their end.
If your instance has important work on it, give it some time before releasing it. It might come back on its own (This will take days or weeks).
If you need a PDI right now for learning or development, you can request one through a separate dev account as a temporary workaround.

One thing for the future, keep your important changes backed up in Source Control or Update Sets.

Have a good day!

Best,

Chanuka

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Re: Personal Developer Instances (PDI) - We're having trouble opening your instance due to an intern

kimberlylp — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:21:31 GMT

Thanks for you response Chanuka.

The incognito suggestion did not work.

How do I raise a ticket thru Developer Support?

I don't have important work on it, and I do back it up. I was just hoping I didn't have to rebuild it again.

Re: Personal Developer Instances (PDI) - We're having trouble opening your instance due to an intern

Aditya_hublikar — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:32:45 GMT

Hello @kimberlylp ,

It seems to be issue on servicenow side . Please wait for while , if still you wil get error so you need to release and request new instance . As per your statement , if you get same error again then raise ticket to servicenow for getting this error multiple time . Always remember if you are working any realtime business usecase on pdi then always take its backup when usecase is done or in progress . Because nowdays pdis are facing several issues .

Also refer this :

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-articles/solved-gt-servicenow-pdi-issue/ta-p/2844660

https://www.servicenow.com/community/mobile-apps-platform-forum/unable-to-open-servicenow-pdi-internal-error-unscheduled/m-p/3545046

If this helps you then mark it as helpful and accept as solution.

Regards,

Aditya

Re: Personal Developer Instances (PDI) - We're having trouble opening your instance due to an intern

kimberlylp — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:55:25 GMT

Thank you for your suggestions and help. The instance finally came back up.