insufficient resources to create new machine with existing volume

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I am getting the following error when trying to deploy my project:

Error: failed to launch VM: insufficient resources to create new machine with existing volume ‘vol_vg7yn9kdlgxogl0v’ (Request ID: 01J5CA4VW2T54DBXEKD0VSNFKW-ewr)

I am running

> fly scale count 0
App already scaled to desired state. No need for changes
> fly scale count 1
...
Executing scale plan
Error: failed to launch VM: insufficient resources to create new machine with existing volume 'vol_vg7yn9kdlgxogl0v' (Request ID: 01J5CA4VW2T54DBXEKD0VSNFKW-ewr)
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Is this issue still persisting? There were reports of slow responses yesterday from the Machine API in EWR region, though this has been resolved already. Check out the fly status page to know more.

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Yes, the issue is persisting. It seemed like it could be related to that incident, though my primary region is YYZ.

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Hi… Fundamentally, volumes are tied to particular physical hosts, and the above message is (likely) saying that the one that you’re on is already full with other people’s (running) Machines.

You could try to just wait it out a little longer and see if the congestion clears up eventually.

This is a disruption that the recommended 2+ Machines configuration would have spared you, as a bit of platform-philosophy context.

Alternatively, you can manually fork the volume, which should place a copy on a different physical host.

I’m admittedly not sure whether fly scale would still try to use the older one; if so, you might need to delete it (unfortunately).

Hope this helps!

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Added machines, volumes

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Thanks for the info! In the end I was able to create a new machine and a new volume from a snapshot. Seems like I’m in the clear now

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