Overview
It might happen that you cannot access your trial or free tier FogBugz On-Demand because it gives you one of the following errors:
- HTTP Internal Server Error 500
- Account Not Found
If you haven't used or accessed your free tier or trial account for a longer period (several months), it might have been removed.
Before contacting us check for other potential reasons Why is FogBugz On-Demand Slow or Unavailable.
Diagnosis
Potential customers create free FogBugz trial accounts on a daily basis. After a customer tries FogBugz, they have the option to change the trial account into a paid account. This way customers do not lose the data they have added during the trial period and make the transition to a longer collaboration with FogBugz easier.
But usually what actually happens when customers open a paid account is that they create a new account, leaving the sandbox trial account un-closed. This takes up resources on our servers.
Information
To free up the unused resources, we implemented a regular clean-up process.
Identifying unused accounts
Every three months we check the FogBugz On-Demand accounts usages and we mark for internal review the ones that fulfill the following conditions:
- accounts that were not accessed in the last 12 months
- customers that did not pay for more than 90 days
Reviewing the unused accounts
Our BU team reviews the selected accounts and approves the removal of the accounts.
Removing the selected accounts
Our SaaS Ops team removes the unused accounts approved by BU for removal.
Restoring the removed accounts
Backups are kept for 30 days. If you would like to have your account restored, please submit a ticket to our support team requesting the account restoration. Your request will be forwarded to our BU team, who will review your request, and if the backup for your account is still available, our SaaS Ops team will restore it for you.
If the account can not be restored because we do not have any backups for the deleted instance then the only option available is to start a new FogBugz On-Demand instance by navigating to Try FogBugz.