Suspend Service
Zeabur allows you to suspend (pause) individual services directly from the dashboard. Suspended services stop running, stop consuming resources, and stop incurring charges — while retaining all their configuration for when you are ready to resume.
Suspending a Service
To suspend a service:
- Open your service in the Zeabur dashboard.
- Go to Settings.
- Click Suspend Service.
The service will stop immediately. While suspended:
- The service container is shut down and no longer runs.
- No compute charges are incurred for the service.
- All configuration is preserved, including environment variables, domain bindings, and volume mounts.
- Data in volumes is retained.
Resuming a Service
To resume a suspended service:
- Open the suspended service in the dashboard.
- Go to Overview.
- Click Restart Service.
Zeabur will start a new deployment using the most recent configuration. The service goes through the normal health check process and begins accepting traffic once ready.
Use Cases
Temporary Maintenance
Suspend a service when you need to perform maintenance on dependent infrastructure (such as a database migration) and want to ensure no traffic reaches the application during that window.
Cost Savings
If you have services that are only needed during certain hours or for specific tasks (such as a staging environment or a batch processing service), suspending them when not in use can reduce costs.
Debugging
Suspend a misbehaving service to stop it from processing requests while you investigate. Once you have identified and fixed the issue, redeploy and resume.
Suspension vs. Deletion
| Suspend | Delete | |
|---|---|---|
| Service stops running | Yes | Yes |
| Configuration preserved | Yes | No (after grace period) |
| Volumes preserved | Yes | No (after grace period) |
| Can be reversed | Yes, instantly | Within 2-hour grace period only |
| Billing | Stops | Stops |
Deleting a service is a destructive operation. Zeabur provides a 2-hour grace period after deletion during which you can contact support to recover the service. After the grace period, all data — including volumes — is permanently removed. If you only need to temporarily stop a service, use Suspend instead.
Suspended Services and Domains
While a service is suspended, any domains bound to it will return an error page. If you need to display a custom maintenance page, consider using a separate lightweight service (such as a static site) to serve a maintenance notice, and update your domain’s DNS to point to that service during the maintenance window.