---
title: "Retry a failed VM launch"
description: "Read why a TIR Virtual Machine failed to launch, retry the launch from the VM's page, or delete the VM and start again with other settings."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "tir-vm"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-vm/how-to/retry-a-failed-vm-launch/"
topic: ["power-and-lifecycle"]
---

# Retry a failed VM launch

When a TIR Virtual Machine (VM) fails to launch, it stays in your list with the reason, so you can
retry it in one step instead of filling in the form again. **Retry launch** removes the failed attempt
and builds the VM again from its settings.

## Before you begin

You need a VM whose launch failed, marked **Error** in **Manage VMs**.

Give a launch that is still running time to finish, even when it is taking longer than usual.

## Read why the launch failed

In **Manage VMs**, select the VM's name. Its page gives the reason for the failure and one of two
hints:

- "This looks like a temporary fault", which adds that retrying usually clears it. A retry is the
  right next step.
- "This failure will repeat on a retry. Change the configuration and launch again, or contact support
  with the VM ID." Skip the retry and go to [Launch it again with other
  settings](#launch-it-again-with-other-settings).

When you launched several VMs at once, each one that failed shows **Error** on its own, and you retry
each one separately. The others run as usual.

## Retry the launch

On the VM's page, select **Retry launch**. The retry starts at once, with no confirmation, and the
VM goes through its launch again. When it is ready, it turns **Running**. Billing starts only when the VM is running, so the time it spends launching is free. To sign in, see
[Connect to a VM over SSH](/tir/tir-vm/how-to/connect-to-a-vm-over-ssh/).

## Launch it again with other settings

If the hint says the failure will repeat, or a retry fails too, delete the VM and create it again with
other settings, such as another plan or image.

1. On the VM's page, select **Delete VM**, and confirm. See [Delete a
   VM](/tir/tir-vm/how-to/delete-a-vm/).
2. Create the VM again with the new settings. See [Create a VM](/tir/tir-vm/how-to/create-a-vm/).

If the new launch fails as well, [create a support
ticket](/tir/tir-support/how-to/create-a-support-ticket/) with the VM name, the project, the time,
the reason shown, and the VM ID. The ID is in the browser's address bar on the VM's page, after
`/vm/`. For the other messages a launch can show, see [Troubleshooting TIR Virtual
Machines](/tir/tir-vm/troubleshooting/tir-vm/#my-vm-shows-error-after-a-launch).