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Below what is running

below_running

The change gives back more spherelets or storage than the account runs or uses, so it was not made.

What this means​

Fewer spherelets or GB were asked for than are in use now.

How to fix it​

Scale down or remove what runs, or free the storage, then make the change again.

Retry behavior​

Retry after reducing what runs or is stored.

How it appears in the response​

ComputeSphere returns errors as RFC 7807 Problem Details. The type field is the docs URL for this page — switch on code in your client.

{
  "type":    "https://docs.computesphere.com/errors/below_running",
  "title":   "Below what is running",
  "status":  409,
  "code":    "below_running",
  "detail":  "The change gives back more spherelets or storage than the account runs or uses, so it was not made.",
  "instance": "/v2/…",
  "request_id": "f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479",
  "trace_id":   null
}

The Content-Type header is application/problem+json. On field-level validation errors a non-empty errors[] array also appears, each entry carrying its own docs_url for the offending field.