---
title: "POST /v1/{+name}:failover"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+name}:failover"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+name}:failover

`POST /v1/{+name}:failover`

Initiates a failover of the primary node to current replica node for a specific STANDARD tier Cloud Memorystore for Redis instance.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Request body

- FailoverInstanceRequest — Request for Failover.
  - `dataProtectionMode` 'DATA_PROTECTION_MODE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'LIMITED_DATA_LOSS' | 'FORCE_DATA_LOSS' — Optional. Available data protection modes that the user can choose. If it's unspecified, data protection mode will be LIMITED_DATA_LOSS by default.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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