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Problem at Powering on Droplet

I am having this problem in my Droplet:

I have been trying to turn it on for 30 minutes but keep on failing. What should I do?

Powering on Droplet Issue Just now

Sorry, we had a problem turning your Droplet on. Please try again.


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Bobby Iliev
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April 25, 2025

Hey Felipe!

If this is still an issue and the Droplet won’t power on after multiple tries, it’s best to reach out to the DigitalOcean Support.

They can check the backend and help resolve it, could be a host issue or something stuck.

- Bobby

alexdo
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April 25, 2025

Heya, @felipeanemone

If you’re seeing this message it will be the best to reach out to our support team. If you have a ticket reference number you can give me I’ll then forward it to our support specialists on you behalf.

Hope that this helps!

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