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[delete] suspend and resume running instances when deleting

Open Saviq opened this issue 7 years ago • 2 comments

We're currently shutting down instances to be deleted, even if they're running. We could instead suspend them so that when recovering, the instance is back in the state it was deleted at, ensuring no data loss.

Whether to resume on multipass recover I'm not sure yet.

Saviq avatar Dec 19 '18 17:12 Saviq

One important thing to look into with regards to this is if suspending an instance is faster than shutting it down, which is something that needs to be verified. #138 is another related issue that discusses how multipass delete should behave with a suggestion for a --wait parameter to allow for a "slow" delete of an instance.

levkropp avatar Aug 30 '24 15:08 levkropp

I don't think we regard the instance trash (vs straight delete) a very valuable feature these days. It is not present in the GUI and we have contemplated removing it entirely. We could choose to keep it and implement this, but I am lowering priority.

ricab avatar Nov 18 '25 16:11 ricab