---
title: "Reap agent cloud instances abandoned in a non-terminal status"
method: GET
path: "/cron/agentSession/reapStuckInstances"
tags: ["AgentSession"]
---

# Reap agent cloud instances abandoned in a non-terminal status

`GET /cron/agentSession/reapStuckInstances`

Cron endpoint that finalizes agent cloud instances left in a non-terminal status (queued or running) past their deadline by a pod that crashed or was lost without writing a terminal status. Terminates never-started (queued) instances, fails abandoned (running) instances, and releases the rate-limit quota slot each held. Authorization handled by CloudSchedulerAuthorizationFilter in web.xml.

## Response `200`

Reaping process completed

- StuckInstanceReapResult — Result of the stuck agent cloud instance reaping cron job
  - `queued_terminated_count` integer, required — Number of queued instances transitioned to terminated
  - `running_failed_count` integer, required — Number of running instances transitioned to failed

## Other responses

- `default` — Unknown error

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