# Problem while starting the lab

**URL:** <https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805>\
**Category:** Generative AI with Large Language Models\
**Tags:** week-module-2, project, coursera-platform\
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805 "2026-02-12T17:30:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![raj1103](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/raj1103/32/126285_2.png) [@raj1103](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/raj1103)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/1 "2026-02-12T17:30:41Z")

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**Your total lab usage time of 6260 minutes has exceeded the total allocated time of 2400 minutes** …this error is show while i start the lab…you can see it at lower margin in corner of the page

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/original/3X/3/b/3b9fb24d39bd7c7c8d04e4b5dda6587dbe604c67.png)

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**Author:** ![chris.favila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/chris.favila/32/126338_2.png) [@chris.favila](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/chris.favila)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/2 "2026-02-13T03:50:15Z")

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Hi! Kindly fill out the form mentioned in point 7 of [this FAQ](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/genai-with-llms-lab-faq/374869). Thank you!

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**Author:** ![raj1103](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/raj1103/32/126285_2.png) [@raj1103](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/raj1103)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/3 "2026-02-13T05:59:12Z")

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i filled that form… now how long do i need to wait

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**Author:** ![chris.favila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/chris.favila/32/126338_2.png) [@chris.favila](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/chris.favila)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/5 "2026-02-13T06:35:58Z")

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Thanks. We’ll try to update it today and let you know asap.

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**Author:** ![chris.favila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/chris.favila/32/126338_2.png) [@chris.favila](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/chris.favila)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/6 "2026-02-13T08:30:29Z")

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Hi. This should now be fixed. Please retry the lab. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![raj1103](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/raj1103/32/126285_2.png) [@raj1103](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/raj1103)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/7 "2026-02-13T16:52:00Z")

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thanks it worked.😀

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**Author:** ![chris.favila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/chris.favila/32/126338_2.png) [@chris.favila](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/chris.favila)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/8 "2026-02-13T22:59:51Z")

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Great! Will close the topic now.

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**Author:** ![chris.favila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/chris.favila/32/126338_2.png) [@chris.favila](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/chris.favila)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/problem-while-starting-the-lab/888805/9 "2026-02-13T23:00:07Z")

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