Personal Developer Instance

[apoorvmalvi]

I am unable to get my PDI what to do because I'm unable to practice servicenow.

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @apoorvmalvi 

Don't worry—this is quite common at the moment.

Over the past few days, many community members have reported delays when requesting a PDI. In some cases, the waiting period has been 2-3 weeks or even longer, especially for lower ServiceNow versions.

You can try requesting an instance on an earlier release, such as Zurich or an older version, but there may still be a waiting period due to high demand.

For now, patience is the best approach, as PDI availability depends on overall demand and ServiceNow's infrastructure capacity.

[Aditya_hublikar]

Hello @apoorvmalvi ,

Nowdays this common issue faced by multiple users .

You must  refer this , it will help you to  :

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itsm-forum/servicenow-developer-site-notice-pdi-request-delay/t...

Until you get a new instance, you can practice on the Now Learning lab instance 🙂 .

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

Regards,

Aditya

[its_SumitNow]

Hi @apoorvmalvi 

see buddy, currently there's a lots of problem going on in requesting PDI, But as you want to practice in ServiceNow 

I will suggest you take Lab instance from ServiceNow university, they are for a shorter duration of time , but you can practice over there,

For you Best would be , take Welcome to ServiceNow Course 

https://learning.servicenow.com/lxp/en/now-platform/welcome-to-servicenow?id=learning_course_prev&co... 

if my response really helped you, please mark it helpful & Accept it as Solution, All the Best for your Learnings:)

Regards

Sumit

Technical Consultant

[yashkamde]

Hello @apoorvmalvi ,

I understand your concern, my PDI was offline for around 4–5 days at a stretch, and at times even when it came back it was running quite slow. From what I’ve seen, if the instance is showing as available, the best approach is to keep checking and trying every day. Usually it does come back online eventually, though the wait can be frustrating.

Note: I have recently seen an increased number of community posts regarding PDI waitlists. This suggests the issue may be related to ServiceNow's infrastructure capacity or instance availability on their side. In such cases, users must wait until additional resources become available and an instance is assigned.

If my response helped mark as helpful  and accept the solution.