---
title: "Restart a VM"
method: POST
path: "/v1/vms/{id}/restart"
tags: ["VMs"]
---

# Restart a VM

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

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- VmSummary
  - `capabilityTier` string — compute-fabric capability tier (e.g. "pod"); empty for a plain VM
  - `computeClass` string — compute-fabric purchase option (on_demand; pods created before the rename carry the legacy reserved or interruptible values); empty for a plain VM
  - `createdAt` string
  - `diskSizeGb` integer
  - `endpointUrl` string
  - `gpuCount` integer
  - `gpuModelId` string
  - `gpuModelName` string
  - `id` string, required
  - `imageUrl` string — tenant container image (pods)
  - `managedBy` string — platform owner of this row ("serving" = inference serving replica, read-only on customer surfaces); empty for a customer-launched VM
  - `name` string, required
  - `organizationId` string, required
  - `pricePerHourCents` integer
  - `provisioningStage` string
  - `public` boolean — true = open endpoint (no data-plane auth); false = require an org API key
  - `resourceSize` string
  - `serviceType` string — managed-service tag; empty for a plain VM
  - `status` string, required
  - `statusReason` string — human-readable cause for failed/stuck states
  - `tier` string

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid API key
- `403` — API key lacks the required scope
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — The request conflicts with existing state

## Changes

- **2026-08-17** `7e2fe85577f4` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `managedBy` to the response with the `200` status

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

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