---
title: "Resume a paused VM"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vms/{id}/resume"
tags: ["vms"]
---

# Resume a paused VM

`POST /v1/vms/{id}/resume`

Restores the VM's prior state, re-acquires quota, and transitions
to `running`. Sync-when-fast / async-when-queued: returns 200 if
the VM is running inline, or 202 if queued for cluster capacity.
Idempotent on already-running.

## Response `200`

VM running (resumed inline).

- VM
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `orgId` string, required
  - `machineName` string
  - `sourceName` string — Source snapshot or image name (empty on fresh boot).
  - `firewall` FirewallPolicy
    - `mode` string, required — Firewall mode. Known values: `open` (allow all inbound traffic), `restricted` (deny by default; only rules listed in `ingress` are allowed). Additional values may be introduced in future server versions.
    - `ingress` FirewallRule[]
      - `protocol` string, required — IP protocol. Known values: `tcp`, `udp`. Additional values may be introduced in future server versions.
      - `portStart` integer, required — Start of port range (inclusive). Required.
      - `portEnd` integer — End of port range (inclusive). Omit for single-port rules.
      - `sourceCidrs` string[] — Allowed source CIDRs in IPv6 notation (e.g. `2001:db8::/32`). Omit or empty to allow any source. IPv4 CIDRs are rejected.
      - `description` string
  - `effectiveFirewall` FirewallPolicy
    - `mode` string, required — Firewall mode. Known values: `open` (allow all inbound traffic), `restricted` (deny by default; only rules listed in `ingress` are allowed). Additional values may be introduced in future server versions.
    - `ingress` FirewallRule[]
      - `protocol` string, required — IP protocol. Known values: `tcp`, `udp`. Additional values may be introduced in future server versions.
      - `portStart` integer, required — Start of port range (inclusive). Required.
      - `portEnd` integer — End of port range (inclusive). Omit for single-port rules.
      - `sourceCidrs` string[] — Allowed source CIDRs in IPv6 notation (e.g. `2001:db8::/32`). Omit or empty to allow any source. IPv4 CIDRs are rejected.
      - `description` string
  - `metadata` Metadata — Free-form string→string map. Server-enforced limits: up to 256 keys, key length 1–256 bytes, value length ≤4096 bytes, total JSON encoding ≤65536 bytes.
  - `envVars` EnvVars — Environment variable string→string map injected into the VM at boot. Keys must be 1–256 bytes and match shell-variable name (`[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*`); values may not contain newline, carriage return, or null bytes. Total JSON encoding ≤65536 bytes.
  - `publicIpv6` string
  - `cpu` integer, required
  - `memoryMiB` integer, required
  - `diskGiB` integer, required
  - `status` string, required — Lifecycle status. Known values: `provisioning`, `running`, `stopped`, `pausing`, `paused`, `resuming`, `deleting`, `error`. Terminal failure statuses are `error` and `stopped`; transitional values (`provisioning`, `pausing`, `resuming`, `deleting`) indicate the VM is in flight. Additional values may be introduced in future server versions; clients should treat unknown values as "in transition" rather than as hard errors.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `deletedAt` string, date-time, nullable
  - `ttl` TTL — Per-VM auto-action timer. The cycle ticks down while the VM is `running` and freezes on pause. `seconds` is the original cycle duration; refresh and PATCH-time updates reset to this value.
    - `seconds` integer, required — Cycle duration. Refresh resets to this value. Capped at 1 year (31536000s); larger values are rejected with 400.
    - `action` 'pause' | 'delete', required — Action taken on expiry. `pause` re-arms the cycle for the next running session; `delete` is terminal.
  - `expiresAtMs` integer — Absolute timestamp in ms when the TTL fires. Set only while the VM is `running` (the countdown freezes on pause).
  - `ttlRemainingMs` integer — Remaining cycle budget in ms. Set only while the VM is paused; restored to `expiresAtMs` on resume.
  - `pausedAt` string, date-time, nullable — When the VM became paused; null otherwise.

## Other responses

- `202` — Resume queued for capacity. VM is in `resuming`; poll `GET /v1/vms/{id}` or wait for the `vm.resumed` webhook.
- `401` — Missing or invalid credentials
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — VM not in a state that can be resumed.
- `429` — Org quota exceeded; body indicates the dimension.
- `500` — Internal server error
- `502` — Upstream service error

## Changes

- **2026-05-09** `480d9714a7a5` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/fastvm-org/apis/fastvm-api/changes/v1/vms/:id/resume/post.md)

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