This topic lists and describes events related to Elastic Container Instance (ECI), including ECI instance events, image cache events, related resource events, and system O&M events.
Get custom events
Using OpenAPI
Call the DescribeContainerGroupEvents operation to query the list of container group events.
After the operation is successfully called, you can view the result on the right side of the page.
The following example shows the OOMKilled system O&M event:
... { "count": 1, "firstTimestamp": "2025-**-**T07:51:06Z", "involvedObject": { "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Pod", "name": "container-group-1756*****1311", "namespace": "default", "uid": "eci-0jlh3g*****hnkrv5w74" }, "lastTimestamp": "2025-**-**T07:51:06Z", "message": "Out of memory", "metadata": { "name": "container-group-1756*****1311.1861*****6a400", "namespace": "default" }, "reason": "OOMKilled", "source": { "component": "EciService" }, "type": "Warning" } ...Field descriptions:
involvedObject: The resource object associated with the event. This includes the Kubernetes version (apiVersion), resource type (kind), resource name (name), namespace in which the resource resides (namespace), and resource ID (uid) of the ECI instance.message: The event message. For example,Out of memory.reason: The reason for the event. For example,OOMKilled.type: The event type. The value can beNormalorWarning.
Using the console
Log on to the Elastic Container Instance console and click the ID of the target container group.
Click the Events tab to view the list of container group events.
The following example shows the OOMKilled system O&M event:
Field descriptions:
Event Name: For example,
container-group-1756*****1311.1861*****6a400.Type: The event type. The value can be
NormalorWarning.Description: The reason for and message of the event. For example,
Out of memory.Started At: For example,
2025-**-** 15:51:06.Ended At: For example,
2025-**-** 15:51:06.
ECI instance (ContainerGroup) events
Event name (reason) | Event type (type) | Event message (message) | Event description |
StockExhaust | Warning | The stock of the specified zones will be used up. %s | The ECI resources in the current zone are about to be exhausted. Change to another zone. |
NoStock | Warning | Create ECI failed because the specified instance is out of stock. %s | The ECI resource inventory in the current zone is insufficient. To increase the creation success rate, create ECI instances in multiple zones and specify multiple instance types. |
InsufficientBalance | Warning | Your account does not have enough balance to purchase %s | The ECI instance cannot be created because your account balance is insufficient. |
StockClose | Warning | Create ECI failed because current zone closed or limited without living instance. %s | Failed to create the ECI instance because the current zone is unavailable. Change to another zone. |
FailedScheduling | Warning | Unknown error occurred. | Failed to create the ECI instance due to an unknown error. Submit a ticket. |
FailedScheduling | Warning | Schedule eci failed:%s | Failed to schedule the ECI instance. Try again. |
UnknownError | Warning | The ECI service is under heavy load while creating container group resources, please wait and try again later | The ECI service is overloaded. Try to create the ECI instance later. |
DiskCapacityQuotaFull | Warning | Your disk capacity quota is exceeded | The disk capacity quota is exceeded. Go to Quota Center to request a quota increase. |
DiskCapacityQuotaFull | Warning | Your disk capacity quota in [%s] is exceeded | The disk capacity quota is exceeded. Go to Quota Center to request a quota increase. |
AttachDiskFailed | Warning | Attach disk %s failed | Failed to attach the disk. |
UnknownError | Warning | An unknown error occurred for %s | An unknown error occurred. Submit a ticket. |
CpuOptionsNotSupported | Warning | The cpu options is not supported for your instanceType[%s] in current region | Custom CPU options are not supported for your ECI instance in the current zone. |
CpuOptionsNotValid | Warning | The cpu options is not valid for your instanceType[%s] | Custom CPU options are not valid for your ECI instance. |
SYSTEM_FAILURE | Warning | The ContainerGroup has failed due to a temporary failure of the host | The ECI instance failed to be created due to a system failure. |
SystemFailureReboot | Warning | The Specified ContainerGroup is rebooting | The ECI instance is restarting. |
StartingFailed | Warning | eci starting failed: %s | The ECI instance failed to start. |
SystemReboot | Warning | It is strongly recommended that you re-create this instance within 48 hours because of %s, otherwise, the pod will be forced to restart. | The instance is restarting due to system maintenance. Re-create the instance within 48 hours. |
Throttling | Warning | The request was denied due to system flow control, please wait and try again later | The request was denied due to traffic shaping. Try again later. |
Throttling | Warning | The request was denied due to system flow control, please wait and try again later, flowControlType:%s | The request was denied due to traffic shaping. Try again later. |
SpotDegraded | Warning | Spot [%s] will be degraded because the specified instance is out of stock | When you create a spot instance, if the required inventory is unavailable, a pay-as-you-go instance is created instead. |
SpotToBeReleased | Warning | Spot ECI will be released in %s minutes | The spot ECI instance is about to expire. Make your services compatible with this change. |
CreateBackoff | Warning | %s | Failed to create the ECI instance. |
QuotaExceeded | Warning | Eci instance type %s or vcpu quota is exceeded | The ECI instance or vCPU quota is exceeded. |
ParamLengthExceed | Warning | The length of input param [%s] is exceeded, which will not be stored in meta | The length of the input parameter exceeds the limit and will not be stored in the metadata. |
IgnoreInstanceTypeFeatures | Warning | The instance type features will be ignored as the provided specifications, [%s],correspond exclusively to ECS instance types | This feature applies only to ECI instances with specified vCPU and memory. The feature is ignored when you create an instance by specifying an ECS instance type. |
EphemeralStorageSizeExceededJobLimit | Warning | Ephemeral storage size: %s exceeded the limitation of job instance:%s | The size of the temporary storage space exceeds the instance limit. |
MultiZoneRecommendations | Normal | %s | Use the multi-zone feature. |
AutoInstanceTypeMatch | Normal | The most-matched instanceType for current eci instance is %s | The ECI instance type has been normalized. |
MemoryReservationAdded | Normal | Add memory reservation to current eci for the required system components | The memory overhead for system components has been added to the ECI instance. |
UserInstanceTypeSpec | Normal | The user-specified instanceType for current eci instance is %s | You specified the instance type for the ECI instance. |
DefaultInstanceTypeMatch | Normal | The default instanceType used for current eci instance is %s | The ECI instance uses the default instance type. |
StopCharge | Normal | The charge of current ECI instance has been stopped, but the related resources are still being cleaned | Billing for the current ECI instance has stopped, but related resources are still being cleaned up. |
Image cache (ImageCache) events
Event name (reason) | Event type (type) | Event message (message) | Event description |
ImageCacheNotFound | Warning | The specified image cache %s does not exist | The specified image cache does not exist. Query for and use an existing image cache. |
ImageCacheMissed | Warning | Missed image cache | No matching image cache was found. Create an image cache first. |
ImageCacheAutoCreated | Normal | Image cache %s is auto created | No matching or fully matching image cache was found. The system has started to automatically create an image cache. |
ImageCacheAutoEliminated | Warning | Image cache %s is auto eliminated | When the system started to automatically create an image cache, the quota limit for image caches was reached. The system will automatically evict an image cache based on the LRU policy. |
ImageCacheCapacityUtilization | Normal | Total capacity utilization of current CacheDisk is %sGB / %sGB | The space used by the image cache after it is created. |
ImageCacheAutoCreateFailed | Warning | Image cache auto create failed for %s | The system failed to automatically create the image cache. Try again or manually create an image cache. |
ImageCacheFlashCreatedFailed | Warning | Flash image cache is failed, standard image cache will be created | Failed to create the flash image cache, which corresponds to a local snapshot. The system will create a standard image cache instead. |
ImageCacheCopyFailed | Warning | Image cache copy failed, but its %s/%s copies are still available | Failed to create multiple snapshot replicas. |
ImageCacheFlashFinished | Normal | Flash image cache is created successfully, standard image cache will be created | The flash image cache, which corresponds to a local snapshot, was created. The system will now create a standard image cache. |
ImageCacheFlashUsedFailed | Warning | Flash image cache can only be used in zones with ESSD, but current zone is %s | Flash image caches, which correspond to local snapshots, require enterprise SSDs (ESSDs) and can only be created in zones that support ESSDs. |
ImageCacheFlashReplacedFailed | Warning | Standard image cache is failed, flash image cache %s will not be deleted. But flash image can only be used in zones with ESSD | The flash image cache, which corresponds to a local snapshot, was created, but the standard image cache failed to be created. The system will retain the local snapshot for the flash image cache. |
ImageCacheFlashReplacedSuccess | Warning | Flash image cache [%s] has been replaced successfully | The local snapshot that corresponds to the flash image cache was deleted. |
ImageCacheCreate | Normal | Snapshot [%s] of image cache has been created, waiting for the completion of it | The system is creating the image cache. Wait for the creation to complete before you use it. |
ImageCacheCopyFinished | Normal | Copy [%s] of image cache has been made successfully | Multiple snapshot replicas were created. |
ImageCacheFinished | Normal | Image cache [%s] has been made successfully | The image cache was created. You can now use it. |
ImageCacheUpdateFinished | Normal | Image cache [%s] has been updated successfully | The image cache was updated. You can now use it. |
ImageCacheUpdateFailed | Warning | Image cache [%s] update failed, but the old resource is still available | The image cache update failed, but the original image cache is still available. Try the update operation again. |
ImageCacheUnknownError | Warning | An unknown error occurred while handling the image cache for %s | An unknown error occurred while processing the image cache. Submit a ticket to identify the issue. |
SuccessfulHitImageCache | Normal | Successfully hit image cache %s | Successfully matched an image cache. |
ImageCacheNotComplete | Normal | The production for specified image cache %s is not yet complete | The image cache is not yet created. Make sure the image cache is created (in the Ready state) before you use it. |
ImageCacheArchNotMatch | Warning | The arch type of image cache %s not match the arch of %s | The architecture type of the image cache does not match the architecture type of the ECI instance. |
ImageCacheEliminated | Warning | Current imageCache is eliminated | The image cache you are using was deleted. Try to use another image cache. |
ImageCacheNotFullMatch | Warning | Current imageCache %s is still not full-matched, a new imageCache is needed | The image cache is not a full match. |
ImageCacheNotSuited | Warning | ImageCache is not suited for current eci, imageAccelerateMode:%s will be used | The image cache is not suitable for the current acceleration mode. |
ImageCacheConflict | Warning | There are duplicated imc[%s] is creating | A duplicate image cache is being created. |
ImageCacheQuotaFull | Warning | %s | The image cache quota limit is reached. |
Data cache events
Event name (reason) | Event type (type) | Event message (message) | Event description |
DataCacheProxyCreateFailed | Warning | The proxy of dataCache create failed for %s, please check it again | Failed to create the data cache. Check the configuration. |
DataCacheSourceIllegal | Warning | The source of dataCache is illegal or un-reachable in you network, please check it again | The source of the data cache is invalid or unreachable due to network issues. Check the configuration. |
DataCacheJobCreateFailed | Warning | The job of dataCache create failed for %s, please check it again | Failed to create the data cache. Check the configuration. |
DataCacheJobStartFailed | Warning | The job for dataCache start failed, see the detail in the events of job | Failed to create the data cache. For more information, view the events of the temporary instance that is generated during the data cache creation. |
DataCacheLoadFailed | Warning | Some error occurred when loading data cache, see the detail in the log of job | An error occurred when the data cache was loading. For more information, view the logs of the temporary instance that is generated during the data cache creation. |
Virtual node events
Event name (reason) | Event type (type) | Event message (message) | Event description |
CreateEciForVnode | Normal | Create Eci %s for Vnode | Create an ECI instance for the virtual node. |
CreateVnodeSuccess | Normal | Create vnode success | The virtual node was created. |
CreateVnodeFailed | Warning | Create vnode failed | Failed to create the virtual node. |
VnodePullImageFailed | Warning | Vnode pull image failed | Failed to pull the image for the virtual node. |
Other resource-related events
Resource module | Event name (reason) | Event type (type) | Event message (message) | Event description |
RamRole | Unauthorized | Warning | No permission granted to eci service account for %s | The account does not have the permissions to manage ECI resources. Make sure that the account has the service-linked role for ECI. If you use a RAM user, make sure that the required RAM role is granted. For more information, see Grant permissions to a RAM user. |
vSwitch | ResourceInsufficient | Warning | The maximum number of IP address in the VSwitch %s is exceeded | The number of available IP addresses in the vSwitch is insufficient. Use another vSwitch. |
SecurityGroup | QuotaFull | Warning | The maximum number of instances in the security group %s is exceeded | The number of instances in the security group has reached the quota limit. Use another security group. |
ENI | CreateENIFailed | Warning | %s | Failed to create the ENI. |
AttachENIFailed | Warning | %s | Failed to attach the ENI. | |
AttachENIConflict | Warning | %s | An ENI attachment conflict occurred. | |
MissDefaultVpc | Warning | %s | The default VPC parameter is missing. | |
EIP | CreateEipFailed | Warning | %s | Failed to create the EIP. |
EipBandwidthPackageQuotaExceeded | Warning | %s | The EIP bandwidth plan quota is exceeded. | |
EipNotFound | Warning | The specified eip %s does not exist | The specified EIP does not exist. | |
EipBoundOtherInstance | Warning | The specified eip %s is already bound to another instance | The specified EIP is already attached to another instance. | |
SLS | AliyunSlsQuotaExceed | Warning | %s | The SLS resource quota is exceeded. Submit a ticket to request a quota increase. |
AliyunSlsError | Warning | %s | An SLS-related error occurred. | |
AliyunSlsProjectInvalid | Warning | %s | The specified SLS Project is invalid. | |
AliyunSlsConfigFormatError | Warning | sls config %s value %s is invalid | The SLS configuration parameter is invalid. |
System O&M events
Event name (reason) | Example event message (message) | Event description |
SandboxNotReady | Critical error detected on Host OS | Restarted due to active O&M. |
SandboxNotReadyUnExpected | An unexpected error occurred on the underlying infrastructure | Restarted due to an unexpected breakdown. |
SandboxRebootCanceled | The reboot of the current instance has been canceled | The restart was canceled. |
SandboxRebootSucceeded | The current instance has been rebooted successfully. | The restart was successful. |
ScheduledMaintenance | {"originReason":"Redeploy","originMessage":"Redeploy","planExecTime":"2019-03-12T09:00:00.000+08:00"} | A scheduled maintenance event. Important The message is in JSON format. The |
OOMKilled | Memory cgroup out of memory: Kill process 15848 (xsim_traffic_fl) score 337 or sacrifice child | An out-of-memory (OOM) error occurred inside the ECI instance. |
PodOOMKilled | System OOM encountered, victim process: xxx, pid: xxx | An OOM error occurred inside the ECI instance. This was not a kernel crash. The OOM object can be an ECI system component or a container process. |
DiskFull | There is insufficient disk space for the current ECI instance | The disk space is full. |
NfsError | NFS: state manager: bind conn to session failed on NFSv4 server 172.16.0.1 with error 121 | An NFS error occurred. |
RuntimeCrashed | An unexpected crash occurred on the underlying infrastructure | The virtual machine crashed. |
RuntimeIssueDetected | An unexpected issue occurred on the underlying infrastructure | An anomalous event occurred on the virtual machine. |
GPULostCard | GPU card loss detected | The GPU card is lost. This fault cannot be automatically recovered. You must re-create the pod. |