---
title: "POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroupManagers/{instanceGroupManager}/recreateInstances"
method: POST
path: "/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroupManagers/{instanceGroupManager}/recreateInstances"
tags: ["instanceGroupManagers"]
---

# POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroupManagers/{instanceGroupManager}/recreateInstances

`POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instanceGroupManagers/{instanceGroupManager}/recreateInstances`

Flags the specified VM instances in the managed instance group to be
immediately recreated. Each instance is recreated using the group's current
configuration. This operation is marked as DONE when the flag
is set even if the instances have not yet been recreated. You must
separately verify the status of each instance by checking itscurrentAction field; for more information, see Checking
the status of managed instances.

If the group is part of a backend
service that has enabled
connection draining, it can take up to 60 seconds after the connection
draining duration has elapsed before the VM instance is removed or deleted.

You can specify a maximum of 1000 instances with this method per request.

## Path parameters

- `project` string, required
- `zone` string, required
- `instanceGroupManager` string, required

## Query parameters

- `noGracefulShutdown` boolean
- `requestId` string

## Request body

- InstanceGroupManagersRecreateInstancesRequest
  - `instances` string[] — The URLs of one or more instances to recreate. This can be a full URL or a partial URL, such as zones/[ZONE]/instances/[INSTANCE_NAME].

## Response `200`

Successful response

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