A machine idled out
The machine suspended after a quiet spell and saved its state. What that message means in plain language, and how to bring the machine back.
- What you're seeing
- The terminal is quiet and the machine card indicates that the machine has stopped.
- What it means
- The shell cannot accept work until the machine is available.
- What to do
- Open the machine card. Select Wake when offered, then wait for Open terminal before entering a command. Read any refusal shown by the card.
- If you do nothing
- After a minute, check the machine card rather than continuing to wait. Waiting alone gives no confirmation that the machine has resumed.
Before restarting
Check the channel and selected machine. A terminal tab can refer to a different session from the one you expected. Don’t repeat a command with side effects until you know whether the first attempt ran.
Restart and Power off affect the machine. Their confirmation dialogs give you a chance to cancel. Reconnecting to a session is different from restarting it.
If access doesn’t return
Read the machine card’s failure detail. Permission, capacity, image availability and repository preparation failures require different corrections. A Retry action is available only for failures the application can retry. A deleted machine requires a new machine.
Give your workspace administrator the channel, machine name and visible failure message. Exclude credentials, secret values and terminal output containing them.
See Terminal for the session controls.