{
  "id": 667905,
  "title": "Help: Are TPUs still available?",
  "url": "/competitions/gan-getting-started/discussion/667905",
  "author_name": "Ovidiu Patru",
  "post_date": "2026-01-14T14:27:44.327000",
  "votes": 0,
  "comment_count": 0,
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  "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>When I try to use a TPU accelerator, I get Error 55 every time I try to start a Draft Session, before any cell is run. This is after waiting hours in the queue. Changing the session to use a GPU accelerator instead works without a problem.\nSo far I've tried with notebooks made as tutorials for TPU usage (e.g. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial</a> , <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission</a>, and even with an empty notebook). I always get the error.</p>\n<p>Are they just not available nowadays, or am I doing something wrong?\nThanks!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F5517743%2F9920ef94f5315fe14cbc44c168050211%2Fgfdgdgd.png?generation=1768401032107431&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
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      "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>When I try to use a TPU accelerator, I get Error 55 every time I try to start a Draft Session, before any cell is run. This is after waiting hours in the queue. Changing the session to use a GPU accelerator instead works without a problem.\nSo far I've tried with notebooks made as tutorials for TPU usage (e.g. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial</a> , <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission</a>, and even with an empty notebook). I always get the error.</p>\n<p>Are they just not available nowadays, or am I doing something wrong?\nThanks!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F5517743%2F9920ef94f5315fe14cbc44c168050211%2Fgfdgdgd.png?generation=1768401032107431&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi,\n\nWhen I try to use a TPU accelerator, I get Error 55 every time I try to start a Draft Session, before any cell is run. This is after waiting hours in the queue. Changing the session to use a GPU accelerator instead works without a problem.\nSo far I've tried with notebooks made as tutorials for TPU usage (e.g. https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial , https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission, and even with an empty notebook). I always get the error.\n\nAre they just not available nowadays, or am I doing something wrong?\nThanks!\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F5517743%2F9920ef94f5315fe14cbc44c168050211%2Fgfdgdgd.png?generation=1768401032107431&alt=media)"
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    "3391172": "Hi,\n\nWhen I try to use a TPU accelerator, I get Error 55 every time I try to start a Draft Session, before any cell is run. This is after waiting hours in the queue. Changing the session to use a GPU accelerator instead works without a problem.\nSo far I've tried with notebooks made as tutorials for TPU usage (e.g. https://www.kaggle.com/code/amyjang/monet-cyclegan-tutorial , https://www.kaggle.com/code/ryanholbrook/create-your-first-submission, and even with an empty notebook). I always get the error.\n\nAre they just not available nowadays, or am I doing something wrong?\nThanks!\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F5517743%2F9920ef94f5315fe14cbc44c168050211%2Fgfdgdgd.png?generation=1768401032107431&alt=media)"
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