{
  "id": 438276,
  "title": "TPU not available? import doesn't actually occur",
  "url": "/competitions/tpu-getting-started/discussion/438276",
  "author_name": "Data Princess23",
  "post_date": "2023-09-10T10:21:34.795000",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": null,
  "content": "<p>I'm trying to run the sample notebook, but when using the TPU accelerator the first cell doesn't do anything. It looks like it's running, no errors are shown, but nothing is printed and TensorFlow is not imported. When I change to a different accelerator, it runs normally. </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2432232,
      "postDate": "2023-09-10T17:20:53.930Z",
      "content": "<p>I first got the message that all TPUs are busy, so waited in the queue. But when my turn arrived, it seems to run but it does nothing. No import, no print. What is going on here ? Please advise!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I first got the message that all TPUs are busy, so waited in the queue. But when my turn arrived, it seems to run but it does nothing. No import, no print. What is going on here ? Please advise!",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2558366,
          "postDate": "2023-12-12T05:40:52.440Z",
          "content": "<p>This did happen with my initial notebook, but it just fixed itself somehow later.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "This did happen with my initial notebook, but it just fixed itself somehow later."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2431717,
      "postDate": "2023-09-10T10:24:40.303Z",
      "content": "<p>Even more annoying, my TPU counter is 30 minutes down although I couldn't run a single cell :-(</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Even more annoying, my TPU counter is 30 minutes down although I couldn't run a single cell :-(\n",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 2431712,
      "postDate": "2023-09-10T10:21:34.797Z",
      "content": "<p>I'm trying to run the sample notebook, but when using the TPU accelerator the first cell doesn't do anything. It looks like it's running, no errors are shown, but nothing is printed and TensorFlow is not imported. When I change to a different accelerator, it runs normally. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm trying to run the sample notebook, but when using the TPU accelerator the first cell doesn't do anything. It looks like it's running, no errors are shown, but nothing is printed and TensorFlow is not imported. When I change to a different accelerator, it runs normally. ",
      "votes": 2
    },
    {
      "id": 3068890,
      "postDate": "2024-12-10T19:17:16.370Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello there. I have the same problem. The kernel keeps dying on the TPU after I run the import. Has anyone solved this issue?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello there. I have the same problem. The kernel keeps dying on the TPU after I run the import. Has anyone solved this issue?"
    },
    {
      "id": 2972136,
      "postDate": "2024-08-28T03:03:36.443Z",
      "content": "<p>I faced the same problem</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I faced the same problem"
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2432232,
      "author_name": "Data Princess23",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2023-09-10T17:20:53.930000",
      "content": "<p>I first got the message that all TPUs are busy, so waited in the queue. But when my turn arrived, it seems to run but it does nothing. No import, no print. What is going on here ? Please advise!</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2558366,
          "author_name": "Ashish Magadum",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2023-12-12T05:40:52.440000",
          "content": "<p>This did happen with my initial notebook, but it just fixed itself somehow later.</p>",
          "votes": 0,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2431717,
      "author_name": "Data Princess23",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2023-09-10T10:24:40.303000",
      "content": "<p>Even more annoying, my TPU counter is 30 minutes down although I couldn't run a single cell :-(</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3068890,
      "author_name": "Masha Kholodenko",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-12-10T19:17:16.370000",
      "content": "<p>Hello there. I have the same problem. The kernel keeps dying on the TPU after I run the import. Has anyone solved this issue?</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2972136,
      "author_name": "Jingyang Huang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-08-28T03:03:36.443000",
      "content": "<p>I faced the same problem</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2432232": "I first got the message that all TPUs are busy, so waited in the queue. But when my turn arrived, it seems to run but it does nothing. No import, no print. What is going on here ? Please advise!",
    "2431717": "Even more annoying, my TPU counter is 30 minutes down although I couldn't run a single cell :-(\n",
    "2431712": "I'm trying to run the sample notebook, but when using the TPU accelerator the first cell doesn't do anything. It looks like it's running, no errors are shown, but nothing is printed and TensorFlow is not imported. When I change to a different accelerator, it runs normally. ",
    "3068890": "Hello there. I have the same problem. The kernel keeps dying on the TPU after I run the import. Has anyone solved this issue?",
    "2972136": "I faced the same problem"
  }
}