10 StandardCores per region supposed to be 100

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10 StandardCores per region supposed to be 100

Ozgur Bora Gevrek 0

Over the past 48 hours, our production workloads have been interrupted and materially degraded due to unexpectedly low “StandardCores” quota assignments in Azure Container Instances (ACI). We are currently being limited to 10 StandardCores per region, which is far below our expected operational baseline and the documented default quota for ACI compute (100 cores per region). This is causing frequent task scheduling failures and blocking case processing at scale. This was not the case until recently.

2025-12-15 06:17:35,030 - services.aci_orchestrator - WARNING - ⚠️ Quota exceeded in eastus (attempt 1/3): (ContainerGroupQuotaReached) Resource type 'Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups' container group quota 'StandardCores' exceeded in region 'eastus'. Limit: '10', Usage: '8' Requested: '4'.

Ankit Yadav 6,840 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-15T09:21:29.9166667+00:00

Hello @Ozgur Bora Gevrek ,I understand that it can feel a bit concerning when the default quota suddenly drops, but don’t worry—these limits can easily be increased by submitting a support request.To request an increase of one or more resources that support such an increase, submit an Azure support request (select "Quota" for Support type).

Additionally they can confirm the reason behind the same on why your subscription is limited to 10 StandardCores per region. This could be something limited to your subscription plan changes (for example if the subscription was entitled to Enterprise Agreement or not).

If you need our support, we can hop on a quick Teams call. I’ve sent you a private message asking for a few details—please take a look and share them when you can.”

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Ankit Yadav 6,840 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-15T09:21:29.9166667+00:00

Hello @Ozgur Bora Gevrek ,I understand that it can feel a bit concerning when the default quota suddenly drops, but don’t worry—these limits can easily be increased by submitting a support request.To request an increase of one or more resources that support such an increase, submit an Azure support request (select "Quota" for Support type).

Additionally they can confirm the reason behind the same on why your subscription is limited to 10 StandardCores per region. This could be something limited to your subscription plan changes (for example if the subscription was entitled to Enterprise Agreement or not).

If you need our support, we can hop on a quick Teams call. I’ve sent you a private message asking for a few details—please take a look and share them when you can.”

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Hi,

Please carefully follow my instructions below to create a new Service and subscription limits (quotas) request to increase Azure Container Instances StandardCores limit in your preferred region.

1. Navigate to this link to start the process:

https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.Support

2. Enter quota in the box and click Go

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3. Select Others / Service and subscription limits (quotas) and click Next

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4. Click Create a support request button, as shown

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5. Select Issue type: Service and subscription limits (quotas), Subscription, Quota type: Container Instances, click Next

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6. Now you should be on Additional details tab. Click Enter details

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7. Select Location you need, select StandardCores for Quota type, fill out all requested information, click Save and continue

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8. Finish filling out Additional details tab, click Next, review and click Create. You should receive an automated email within a few minutes.

NOTE: It is possible that they will deny your request due to capacity limit or other reason, but at least you tried.

Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

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