Cannot Stop pod from RunPod Web UI
I created a new pod using a Pytorch 2.4 template with network storage access. The UI did not give the option to stop the pod. It only showed the following Actions: Lock Pod, Edit pod, restart pod, reset pod, terminate pod.
The only way i was able to stop the pod was by connecting to the pod via SSH terminal and running:
runpodctl stop pod {RunPodID}
According to the RunPod docs, there's supposed to be a "Stop Pod" button in the UI, but there was none.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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this is normal for pods that use a network volume. Only pod without network volume have the stop button
Having the same problem. That's just one small problem too many, for a non-coder (apart from fine-tuning my own AIs and developing agents) ... Am considering another service. Yes, for a stop-button...😢 😎
Minor correction, only pods with volume storage
People still get wrong expectations that they are renting a machine or a VPS for the price. They aren't. They are renting a docker instance for the price. It would still be nice if runpod kept "stopped" instances as a way of easily launching them again but the moment you "stop" a pod its just disk storage at that point.
Terminate works very similar to stop, the only thing you loose extra is the template settings you launched it with. If you keep those in a notepad somewhere you can relaunch a new one (with the same network storage) very easily. If you don't have network storage at all and no volume storage there is nothing to stop, if shut down there is nothing left at that point. My own KoboldCpp template is designed that way for example, its gone completely since redownloading models on that template is so fast its both faster and cheaper than if my users paid for storage.