---
title: "Restart a specific replica for service_name.instance_name"
method: POST
path: "/services/{service}/{instance}/replicas/{replica_name}/restart"
tags: ["service"]
---

# Restart a specific replica for service_name.instance_name

`POST /services/{service}/{instance}/replicas/{replica_name}/restart`

## Path parameters

- `service` string, required
- `instance` string, required
- `replica_name` string, required

## Query parameters

- `force` boolean

## Response `200`

Replica restart initiated successfully

- InstanceReplicaRestartOutcome
  - `message` string
  - `service` string
  - `instance` string
  - `replica_name` string

## Other responses

- `404` — Replica not found or service/instance not found
- `500` — Replica restart failed or instance type not supported

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/yelp/apis/paasta-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/yelp/apis/paasta-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/yelp/paasta-api/versions/0f10edc28b60/schema)