Pausing instance group processes

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Updated at December 3, 2025

If you want to suspend the instance group update, automatic recovery, and scaling processes, pause them. This will not stop the VM instances.

Note

You cannot pause an instance group that is being deleted. Also, you cannot run any operations for paused instance groups.

To pause instance group processes:

Management console

API

In the management console, open the folder containing the instance group in question.
Go to Compute Cloud.
In the left-hand panel, select Instance groups.
In the line with the instance group, click and select Pause.
In the window that opens, click Pause.

Use the pauseProcesses REST API method for the InstanceGroup resource or the InstanceGroupService/PauseProcesses gRPC API call.