In the past week, we have seen many unexplained 500: Internal Server Errors when calling the Power BI API. These disrupt report processing for our clients. They all appear to be internal issues in Power BI.
Response:
{'code':'CommunicationFrameworkCommunicationException','message':'Communication Problem'}
For update dataset in group, import. Happened repeatedly for one Power BI report.
Timestamps:
2026-01-14T23:08:52.786Z , 2026-01-14T12:17:11.284Z, 2026-01-14T13:34:13.011Z (8 instances)
Response:
{'code':'MonitoredAmoException','message':'Failed to execute M Expressions logic on database 'sobe_wowvirtualserver-4e67a30f-faaa-45e8-8a19-88d70c68c8bc'.'}
Operation: Update dataset in group
Timestamp: 2026-01-12T15:12:08.126Z
Response:
'code':'WindowsFabricEndpointUnavailableException','message':'fabric:\\[pi]saas/service/SPIntService_Required[/pi]'} (Angle brackets replaced with square brackets.)
Operation: Import report in group
Timestamp: 2026-01-13T04:10:49.438Z, 2026-01-13T04:11:14.524Z
Response:
{'code':'ReplicaUnavailableException','message':'Replica 'SPIntService' is unavailable for a request of Primary.'}
Operation: import report in group
Timestamp: 2026-01-14T13:14:44.497Z
Response:
{'error':{'code':'Premium_ASWL_Error','pbi.error':{'code':'Premium_ASWL_Error','parameters':{},'details':[{'code':'Premium_ASWL_Error_Details_Label','detail':{'type':1,'value':'Failed to PublishAbf database '733b6350-0843-4e39-97e1-e3c7c53c6966': The database backup file contains an unknown signature in its metadata. This could indicate a corrupt or invalid backup file and it cannot be restored.'}},{'code':'Premium_ASWL_Error_Code_Label','detail':{'type':1,'value':'-1054998405'}}]}}}
Operation: Import report in group
Timestamps: 2026-01-14T23:08:52.786Z
