}
 
     private fun generateServiceName(jobId: UUID?, payload: ServiceInstantiation, optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName: String): String? {
-        var serviceInstanceName: String? = null
-        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName)) {
-            serviceInstanceName = peekServiceName(jobId, payload, optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName)
+        var serviceInstanceName: String
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName)) {
+            serviceInstanceName = payload.modelInfo.modelName
+        } else {
+            serviceInstanceName = optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName
         }
-        return serviceInstanceName
+        return peekServiceName(jobId, payload, serviceInstanceName)
     }
 
     private fun peekServiceName(jobId: UUID?, payload: ServiceInstantiation, optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName: String): String {
         if (isNameFreeInAai(optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName, ResourceType.SERVICE_INSTANCE)) {
             serviceInstanceName = optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName
         } else {
-            serviceInstanceName = asyncInstantiationBL.getUniqueName(payload.instanceName, ResourceType.SERVICE_INSTANCE)
+            serviceInstanceName = asyncInstantiationBL.getUniqueName(optimisticUniqueServiceInstanceName, ResourceType.SERVICE_INSTANCE)
         }//otherwise we used the original service instance name (from payload) to get a new unique name from DB and AAI
 
         //update serviceInfo with new name if needed
 
       "globalSubscriberId": "{some subscriber id}"
     },
     "requestInfo": {
+      "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
       "productFamilyId": "a9a77d5a-123e-4ca2-9eb9-0b015d2ee0fb",
       "source": "VID",
       "suppressRollback": false,
       "aLaCarte": false,
       "userParams": [{
         "service": {
+          "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
           "modelInfo": {
             "modelType": "service",
             "modelName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
       ]
     }
   }
-}
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+}
 
                        "globalSubscriberId": "{some subscriber id}"
                },
                "requestInfo": {
+                       "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                        "productFamilyId": "a9a77d5a-123e-4ca2-9eb9-0b015d2ee0fb",
                        "source": "VID",
                        "suppressRollback": false,
                        "aLaCarte": false,
                        "userParams": [{
                                "service": {
+                                       "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                                        "modelInfo": {
                                                "modelType": "service",
                                                "modelName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                        }]
                }
        }
-}
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+}
 
                        "globalSubscriberId": "{some subscriber id}"
                },
                "requestInfo": {
+                       "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                        "productFamilyId": "a9a77d5a-123e-4ca2-9eb9-0b015d2ee0fb",
                        "source": "VID",
                        "suppressRollback": false,
                        "aLaCarte": false,
                        "userParams": [{
                                "service": {
+                                       "instanceName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                                        "modelInfo": {
                                                "modelType": "service",
                                                "modelName": "MOW AVPN vMX BV vPE 1 Service",
                        }]
                }
        }
-}
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+}