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Last Updated:Sep 09, 2026

Queries the list of currently available instances for a function.

Operation description

The ListInstances operation queries the currently available instances for a function.

Available instances are instances that are executing requests or can be scheduled to process requests. The instances returned by the ListInstances operation are consistent with the active instances on the traffic path of the InvokeFunction operation that has 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

The name of the service.

demoService

functionName

string

Yes

The name of the function.

demoFunction

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

qualifier

string

No

The version or alias.

dev

instanceIds

array

No

The instance ID.

string

No

The instance ID.

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

limit

integer

No

The maximum number of resources to return. Valid values: 0 to 1000.

The number of returned results can be less than the specified number but cannot exceed it.

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

The list of instance information returned by the query.

instances

array<object>

The list of instance information returned by the query.

object

The instance information.

instanceId

string

The instance ID.

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

versionId

string

The service version to which the instance belongs. If the function instance belongs to the LATEST alias, the version number 0 is returned.

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.