Trigger a redeploy of a Railway service programmatically via the public GraphQL API
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Documented steps
Create an API token at railway.com/account/tokens. Account/workspace tokens use header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'; project tokens use header 'Project-Access-Token: <token>' instead.
All calls are POST https://backboard.railway.com/graphql/v2 with Content-Type: application/json (endpoint per https://docs.railway.com/reference/public-api).
Get the service and environment IDs: query environment(id) { serviceInstances { edges { node { id serviceName } } } } or list projects to find them.
Redeploy the current build: mutation serviceInstanceRedeploy(serviceId: String!, environmentId: String!) — payload {"query":"mutation { serviceInstanceRedeploy(serviceId: \"<id>\", environmentId: \"<id>\") }"}. Docs: https://docs.railway.com/integrations/api/manage-services
To deploy a specific new commit instead, use serviceInstanceDeployV2(serviceId, environmentId, commitSha). To redeploy an exact prior deployment, use deploymentRedeploy(id) per https://docs.railway.com/integrations/api/manage-deployments
Poll deployment status via the deployments/latestDeployment queries; watch X-RateLimit-Remaining response headers.
Known gotchas
serviceInstanceRedeploy reuses the latest deployment's existing image/commit — it does NOT pull new commits from GitHub. Use serviceInstanceDeployV2 with commitSha for a fresh commit.
Wrong auth header for the token type is the top failure: project tokens require Project-Access-Token, not Authorization: Bearer.
Rate limits: 100 req/hr Free, 1000/hr Hobby (10 RPS), 10000/hr Pro (50 RPS); 429s include Retry-After.
deploymentRollback only works when the target deployment has canRollback: true.
Schema details not fully enumerated in docs — explore live schema via GraphiQL at railway.com/graphiql.
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