Configure vertical and horizontal autoscaling (memory bounds, replica counts, idle scaling) for a ClickHouse Cloud service via the Cloud API
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Documented steps
Authenticate with HTTP Basic auth (key ID as username, key secret as password) against https://api.clickhouse.cloud/v1.
Resolve IDs: GET /v1/organizations, then GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services to find the target serviceId.
Use the per-replica endpoint: PATCH /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId}/replicaScaling. The legacy PATCH .../scaling with minTotalMemoryGb/maxTotalMemoryGb is deprecated in the spec as 'inaccurate for services with non-default numbers of replicas'.
Vertical autoscaling (fixed replica count, memory scales): PATCH replicaScaling with {"autoscalingMode":"vertical","minReplicaMemoryGb":16,"maxReplicaMemoryGb":120,"numReplicas":3,"idleScaling":true,"idleTimeoutMinutes":10}. Memory values must be multiples of 4 between 8 and 356, and apply only to production-class (non-development) services.
Horizontal autoscaling (replica count scales, memory fixed): PATCH replicaScaling with {"autoscalingMode":"horizontal","minReplicas":2,"maxReplicas":6,"minReplicaMemoryGb":16,"maxReplicaMemoryGb":16}. In horizontal mode minReplicaMemoryGb must equal maxReplicaMemoryGb, and minReplicas/maxReplicas must be sent together.
numReplicas accepts 1-20 and is mutually exclusive with minReplicas/maxReplicas. Omit autoscalingMode to leave the service on its current mode.
idleScaling defaults to true (scale to zero when idle); idleTimeoutMinutes must be at least 5.
Verify with GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId} and confirm the returned scaling fields match what you sent - the change is applied asynchronously and can lag.
Reference: https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/jan-2025-faq/scaling and the live spec at https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/api/swagger
Known gotchas
minTotalMemoryGb/maxTotalMemoryGb on the legacy /scaling endpoint are deprecated and inaccurate for non-default replica counts. Migrate to minReplicaMemoryGb/maxReplicaMemoryGb on /replicaScaling.
The two endpoints use different units and bounds: legacy /scaling takes multiples of 12 between 24 and 1068 GB (three workers combined); /replicaScaling takes multiples of 4 between 8 and 356 GB per replica. Copying a value across breaks validation.
The spec caps maxReplicaMemoryGb at 356 but notes the effective ceiling is 120 GB for non-paid organizations - a valid-looking request can still be rejected on a free or trial organization.
Memory scaling fields apply only to production-class services; development-tier services reject them.
Horizontal autoscaling and adjustment of numReplicas are entitlement-gated per organization. A well-formed PATCH can still fail until ClickHouse enables them.
The 10-requests-per-10-seconds per-key limit applies to the patch-then-verify loop.
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