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Auto Scaling:ExitStandby

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Removes Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances or elastic container instances from the Standby state and puts them into the In Service state so that they can participate in scaling activities again. Instances in the Standby state are not removed from the scaling group when a scale-in event is triggered.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ess:ExitStandby

update

*ScalingGroup

acs:ess:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:scalinggroup/{#ScalingGroupId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ScalingGroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the scaling group.

asg-bp1fo0dbtsbmqa9h****

ClientToken

string

No

The client token used to ensure the idempotence of the request.

You can use the client to generate the token, but you must ensure that the token is unique across requests. The token can contain only ASCII characters and cannot exceed 64 characters in length. For more information, see Ensure idempotence.

123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-42665544****

InstanceIds

array

Yes

The IDs of the ECS instances. The value can be a JSON array that consists of up to 20 instance IDs. Separate multiple instance IDs with commas (,).

string

No

The ID of an ECS instance. The value can be a JSON array that consists of up to 20 instance IDs. Separate multiple instance IDs with commas (,).

i-28wt4****

Async

boolean

No

Whether to remove the instance from the Standby state asynchronously. Valid values:

  • true

  • false

Default value: false.

false

RegionId

string

No

The region ID of the scaling group.

cn-hangzhou

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

ScalingActivityId

string

The ID of the scaling activity.

asa-2zeb04oym05qaceq****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****",
  "ScalingActivityId": "asa-2zeb04oym05qaceq****"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.