---
title: "Terminate instance"
method: POST
path: "/preview/v2/instances/{id}/terminate"
tags: ["Instances"]
---

# Terminate instance

`POST /preview/v2/instances/{id}/terminate`

> ⚠️ This endpoint is in [public preview](/preview/roadmap).

Terminates a running instance. Terminated instances can not be restarted.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — A resource path like 'sfc:instance:acme:prod:my-instance' _or_ an ID. Resource paths are human-readable but not stable - they change when resources are renamed or moved. IDs are stable and permanent.

## Response `200`

Instance terminated.

- InstanceResponse
  - `id` union, required — Accepts the canonical prefix below; additional legacy prefixes are aliased for read compatibility. Writes always emit the canonical form.
    - string
    - string — Legacy alias prefix; accepted on read, never emitted on write.
  - `resource_path` string, required — A resource path for a instance resource. Format: sfc:instance:<account>:<workspace>:<name>.
  - `owner` string, required
  - `workspace` string, required
  - `workspace_id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `object` 'instance', required
  - `status` 'awaiting_allocation' | 'running' | 'terminated' | 'failed', required — `awaiting_allocation` when waiting for compute allocation on its capacity, `running` once assigned and the physical machine is running (still takes time for the image to be downloaded and booted), `terminated` when stopped by the user or after running out of allocation, `failed` on hardware fault. Values are not exhaustive across API versions. Clients should tolerate new statuses.
  - `instance_sku` InstanceSkuSummary, required — A summary of an instance SKU - its `id` and human-recognizable `alias` - embedded on resources that reference a SKU.
    - `object` 'instance_sku', required
    - `id` union, required — Accepts the canonical prefix below; additional legacy prefixes are aliased for read compatibility. Writes always emit the canonical form.
      - string
      - string — Legacy alias prefix; accepted on read, never emitted on write.
    - `alias` string, required
  - `capacity` CapacitySummary, required
    - `id` union, required — Accepts the canonical prefix below; additional legacy prefixes are aliased for read compatibility. Writes always emit the canonical form.
      - string
      - string — Legacy alias prefix; accepted on read, never emitted on write.
    - `name` string, required
  - `pool` PoolSummary, required — A pool referenced by id and name.
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
  - `created_at` integer, required — Unix timestamp.
  - `updated_at` integer, required — Unix timestamp.
  - `image` ImageSummary, required
    - `id` union, required — Accepts the canonical prefix below; additional legacy prefixes are aliased for read compatibility. Writes always emit the canonical form.
      - string
      - string — Legacy alias prefix; accepted on read, never emitted on write.
    - `name` string, required
  - `managed_by` union
    - object
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `object` 'deployment', required
    - object
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `object` 'spot_deployment', required
  - `cloud_init_user_data_used` boolean, required — Whether cloud-init user data is configured for this instance.
  - `cloud_init_user_data` string, byte — Base64-encoded [cloud-init user data](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/explanation/format/index.html).
  - `enable_public_ipv4` boolean — Whether this instance requires a public IPv4 address. When `false`, only SSH (TCP port 22) is open on the instance and no other ports accept inbound traffic.
  - `public_ip` string — Public IPv4 address assigned to this instance. Present only when `enable_public_ipv4 = true`; omitted otherwise.
  - `firewall` string
  - `tags` Tags
  - `expected_shutdown_at` integer — Unix timestamp.
  - `priority_level` 'yield' | 'normal' | 'preferred' | 'critical' — Instance priority — a relative ranking that determines which instances the system prefers to keep running when capacity is constrained. When a capacity's quota drops below its running-instance count, instances are terminated in priority order (lower first). Ordering: `yield < normal < preferred < critical`.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized.
- `403` — Forbidden.
- `404` — Instance not found or already terminated.
- `500` — Internal server error.

---

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