# What does “Downscaling app”mean？

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/what-does-downscaling-app-mean/12309>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
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**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-does-downscaling-app-mean/12309 "2023-04-18T06:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![senyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/senyo/32/2815_2.png) [@senyo](https://community.fly.io/u/senyo)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/what-does-downscaling-app-mean/12309/8 "2023-04-19T12:16:59Z")

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Just posted about this new feature which explains it in depth: [Automatically starting/stopping apps v2 instances](https://community.fly.io/t/automatically-starting-stopping-apps-v2-instances/12342)

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