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Function Compute:ListInstances

Last Updated:Feb 26, 2026

Lists the active instances for a function.

Operation description

The ListInstances API lets you list the active instances for a function.

An active instance is either processing a request or ready to be scheduled to process a request. The instances returned by ListInstances match the active instances in the traffic path of the InvokeFunction API with the same ServiceName, FunctionName, and Qualifier.

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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

fc:ListInstances

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request syntax

GET /2021-04-06/services/{serviceName}/functions/{functionName}/instances HTTP/1.1

Path Parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

serviceName

string

Yes

Name of the service.

demoService

functionName

string

Yes

Name of the function.

demoFunction

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

qualifier

string

No

Version or alias.

dev

instanceIds

array

No

The ID of the instance.

string

No

Instance ID.

["1ef6b6ff-7f7b-485e-ab49-501ac681****", "04db0821-c6d2-4c10-970b-93e36f1a****"]

limit

integer

No

Maximum number of instances to return. Valid values: 0 to 1000.

The actual number of results may be less than this value, but never more.

20

X-Fc-Account-Id

string

No

Your Alibaba Cloud account ID.

188077086902****

X-Fc-Date

string

No

X-Fc-Trace-Id

string

No

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

List of instance information returned by the query.

instances

array<object>

List of instance information returned by the query.

object

Instance information.

instanceId

string

Instance ID.

1ef6b6ff-7f7b-485e-ab49-501ac681****

versionId

string

Service edition that the instance belongs to. If the instance belongs to a function under the LATEST alias, the version ID is 0.

1

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "instances": [
    {
      "instanceId": "1ef6b6ff-7f7b-485e-ab49-501ac681****",
      "versionId": "1"
    }
  ]
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.