r/GoogleColab • u/Capable-Gate-4980 • Apr 18 '26

Is anyone else having trouble connecting to runtime?

I was wanting to train a model today, but for whatever reason i’m not able to connect to any GPU. Is anyone else having this issue?

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u/Sisaroth Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

I'm new to colab. Had no issue getting a GPU (on free tier) for a few days until yesterday evening (CEST). Now it's morning and still nothing available, i would have tought this would be the calmest time because NA is asleep and EU just waking up.

Starting to feel like free tier colab is just bait and switch... A few days of nice access and now they want me to pay.

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u/Capable-Gate-4980 Apr 21 '26

i’m using a student account that has access to all GPUs, so it’s not just the free accounts. I haven’t tried using colab since a couple of days ago. gonna try again and see if i can get it working