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Elastic Compute Service:ReleasePublicIpAddress

Last Updated:Apr 16, 2026

Releases a public IP from an instance.

Note

This API has been deprecated with no replacement. While temporary access is maintained, no further updates or bug fixes will be provided. To ensure continued functionality, plan your migration and contact your account manager for support.

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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

ecs:ReleasePublicIpAddress

delete

*Instance

acs:ecs:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:instance/{#instanceId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

RegionId

string

No

The ID of the region where the instance is located.

cn-hangzhou

InstanceId

string

No

The instance ID.

i-bp67acfmxazb4p****

PublicIpAddress

string

Yes

The public IP address of the instance.

121.40.**.**

DryRun

boolean

No

Note

This parameter is not yet available.

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Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

RemainTimes

string

Note

This parameter is not yet available.

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Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "RemainTimes": "hide"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 OperationDenied Specified operation is denied as your instance is in VPC. The operation is not supported while the instance resides in a VPC.
400 InvalidIpAddress.NotFound The specified parameter "IpAddress" is not found in your records.
400 DryRunOperation This is a dryrun request with successful result.
403 IncorrectInstanceStatus The current status of the resource does not support this operation.
403 InstanceLockedForSecurity The specified operation is denied as your instance is locked for security reasons.
403 InvalidIpAddress.NeedInstanceId The specified IpAddress need to release with InstanceId.
403 OperationTimesOverLimit The specified operation is denied as release public ip times over the limit. The number of times that IP addresses can be disassociated from the instance exceeds the limit.
403 Forbidden.ExceedDuration Instance nat public ip can only be released in 6 hours after ecs created.
404 InvalidInstanceId.NotFound The specified InstanceId does not exist. The specified instanceId is invalid.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.