How can I delete or set a TTL to auto delete a container instance? My use case is running batch jobs

How can I delete or set a TTL to auto delete a container instance? My use case is running batch jobs in containers (one time) then I will never use that instance again, they are just piling up in my dashboard and I can see many of them using

~~wrangler containers images list~~

~~wrangler containers images list~~

I just realized this is the WRONG command, that is for 'images' , not 'instances' - I want to delete instances, not images.

PPaul How can I delete or set a TTL to auto delete a container instance? My use case i...

<@235148962103951360>•10/28/25, 2:24 PM

sleepAfter = "30m";

is this what you are looking for?

ZZazuIsZazzy <@797895289603227658> or <@575799975116800030> <@1286356854112260251> can somebo...

Isaac McFadyen•10/28/25, 2:32 PM

?pings

SuperHelpflare•10/28/25, 2:32 PM

Please do not ping community members for non-moderation reasons. Doing so will not solve your issue faster and will make people less likely to want to help you.

<<@235148962103951360>sleepAfter = "30m"; is this what you are looking for?

PaulOP•10/28/25, 2:34 PM

I don't want to sleep, because this is a one time job, it's ephemeral, so I literally want it deleted after use.
Currently researching if there is an event I can capture to run a delete workflow - or something like that.

SSuperHelpflare Please ***do not ping*** community members for non-moderation reasons. Doing so ...

<@235148962103951360>•10/28/25, 2:37 PM

container.stop?

<@235148962103951360>•10/28/25, 2:38 PM

<@235148962103951360>•10/28/25, 2:38 PM

or do you mean to remove it entirely from the instances list

<<@235148962103951360>Click to see attachment

PaulOP•10/28/25, 2:48 PM

I want to remove/delete the instance, because I've read there is a 50 GB space limit in Beta, so these dead instances are just taking up space. They will literally NEVER be run again, so it's just a waste of space.

<<@235148962103951360>or do you mean to remove it entirely from the instances list

PaulOP•10/28/25, 2:59 PM

This is what I'm trying to do.

PaulOP•10/28/25, 3:14 PM

To be 100% clear, these are the resources I want to either auto clean up or manually do in an event triggered way

xatxat•10/29/25, 6:39 AM

hey! we are currently using google cloud run jobs but would like to migrate over to cloudflare containers at some point. at cloud run jobs we have our containers set to 512mb memory and 2gb memory which is enough for the workload. cloudflare containers does not have these memory limits at the moment, we would need to go for 1gb memory and 4gb memory if we migrate over to cloudflare containers, which would be more memory than necessary. are there plans to introduce the memory options 512mb and 2gb?

619napster•10/29/25, 12:40 PM

When Will this launch man!
I am opening the docs almost everyday ;p

tao•10/29/25, 2:40 PM

there is a probleme for deploy containers. i have already deploy a new version but it always display updating for a long time

tao•10/29/25, 2:41 PM

Ttao there is a probleme for deploy containers. i have already deploy a new version b...

<@235148962103951360>•10/29/25, 4:26 PM

It seemed to finish updating after some number of hours when I had the same issue.

<@235148962103951360>•10/29/25, 4:27 PM

We need to be able to choose where the container starts

PaulOP•10/29/25, 7:31 PM

Maybe I need to delete the durable object instance that is associated with the container instance to delete it? Can someone from Cloudflare please provide guidance here

PPaul Maybe I need to delete the durable object instance that is associated with the c...

1984 Ford Laser•10/29/25, 7:46 PM

I was under the impression that when the container says inactive that means its resources are no longer being held onto? In the same way a DO gets evicted

<<@235148962103951360>We need to be able to choose where the container starts

tao•10/29/25, 10:12 PM

yeah i wait almost 1h it finished.

tao•10/29/25, 10:45 PM

The issue has reappeared — the containers are stuck in “updating.” Is there any solution besides just waiting?

nicoritschel•10/30/25, 3:03 AM

FYI seems this might just be a UI issue as you probably will see your container versions incrementing

Ttao yeah i wait almost 1h it finished.

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:19 AM

i had to wait like 6 hourw probably for mine

PPaul Maybe I need to delete the durable object instance that is associated with the c...

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:20 AM

Seems as though theres not much support here.

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:20 AM

support is yet to respond to my concerning billing inquiry

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:21 AM

and it has been over a month with no response and bizzare cpu time and requests that dont show up on any of my workers

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:21 AM

no explanation at all

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:21 AM

extremely disappointing from such a large corporation to not respond or give an explanation.

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:22 AM

My company is losing trust in cloudflare after that

<<@235148962103951360>Seems as though theres not much support here.

Isaac McFadyen•10/30/25, 5:24 AM

?discord-support

SuperHelpflare•10/30/25, 5:24 AM

This Discord is not an official support form. The Community Champions, community members and employees are here because they want to be not because they need to be.
Please do not ping Community Champions or employees for support reasons.

You can open a ticket on the Support Portal if you want official support.

IIsaac McFadyen ?discord-support

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:24 AM

I have made a ticket and there has been no response since september

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:25 AM

it is made on the cloudflare website

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:25 AM

the last time i brought it up here, someome mentioned the same message, but it is open on the support portal. i mentioned that previously

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 5:26 AM

no emails, nothing

Nnicoritschel FYI seems this might just be a UI issue as you probably will see your container ...

tao•10/30/25, 8:04 AM

no, container versions not incrementing

fare•10/30/25, 9:34 AM

Can someone tell me if I'm sending 4-5 requests in a container's URL in a loop, will they all get directed to a single container instance, or they will be distributed against 3-4 instances? How is this derived?

fare•10/30/25, 9:35 AM

Locally I have seen them create multiple instances

kian•10/30/25, 1:53 PM

Depends how you're acquiring them - it's the same as Durable Objects. You can send them all to a static ID for a singleton, you can randomly distribute it across instances, etc

kian•10/30/25, 2:02 PM

https://github.com/cloudflare/templates/blob/36f193b322af58da4366becdae40936410ebda68/containers-template/src/index.ts#L44-L68

Ttao no, container versions not incrementing😳

nicoritschel•10/30/25, 2:07 PM

Yeah mine too sadly

Kkian Depends how you're acquiring them - it's the same as Durable Objects. You can se...

tao•10/30/25, 3:19 PM

async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    // note: "getRandom" to be replaced with latency-aware routing in the near future
    try {
      const instanceNumber = env.WORKER_ENV === 'production' ? 2 : 1;
      const containerInstance = await getRandom(
        env.API_CONTAINER,
        instanceNumber,
      );
      const rs = await containerInstance.fetch(request);
      return rs;
    } catch (error) {
      // Surface failures cleanly in Cloudflare's logs before bubbling up
      console.error('[CloudflareContainer] fetch failed', {
        url: request.url,
        method: request.method,
        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
        stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
      });
      throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));
    }
  },

async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    // note: "getRandom" to be replaced with latency-aware routing in the near future
    try {
      const instanceNumber = env.WORKER_ENV === 'production' ? 2 : 1;
      const containerInstance = await getRandom(
        env.API_CONTAINER,
        instanceNumber,
      );
      const rs = await containerInstance.fetch(request);
      return rs;
    } catch (error) {
      // Surface failures cleanly in Cloudflare's logs before bubbling up
      console.error('[CloudflareContainer] fetch failed', {
        url: request.url,
        method: request.method,
        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
        stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
      });
      throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));
    }
  },

This is my code — I am not using a static ID. If I switch to using a static ID, does that mean my container rollout time won’t be as long?

kian•10/30/25, 3:40 PM

Rollouts depend on how quickly your old Containers are shutting down (they should handle SIGTERM signals) & how quickly the new ones can start

<@235148962103951360>•10/30/25, 4:01 PM

Is there any way to set the location a container starts in?

tao•10/30/25, 8:07 PM

If the old containers stay active and never shut down, does that mean I won’t be able to deploy new containers?

tao•10/30/25, 8:26 PM

5h for updating....that's strange

Kkian Rollouts depend on how quickly your old Containers are shutting down (they shoul...

tao•10/30/25, 8:35 PM

If you were the user, would you accept waiting 5 hours for a new version to be redeployed? What if there’s a hot fix that needs to go live immediately? I’d like to know what we can do to reduce rollout time?

kian•10/30/25, 8:35 PM

Give us an application ID to investigate? It’s not normal behaviour but there’s no IDs for us to look at so far.

async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> { // note: "getRandom" to be replaced with latency-aware routing in the near future try { const instanceNumber = env.WORKER_ENV === 'production' ? 2 : 1; const containerInstance = await getRandom( env.API_CONTAINER, instanceNumber, ); const rs = await containerInstance.fetch(request); return rs; } catch (error) { // Surface failures cleanly in Cloudflare's logs before bubbling up console.error('[CloudflareContainer] fetch failed', { url: request.url, method: request.method, message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error), stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined, }); throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)); } },

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