[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage outlines the process for sending a diagnostic interrupt to a Google Compute Engine instance via an HTTP POST request to a specific URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request URL requires three path parameters: the project ID, the zone, and the instance name, which are all strings.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eBoth the request body and the response body for sending the diagnostic interrupt are empty.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAuthorization for this request requires either the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope, along with the \u003ccode\u003ecompute.instances.sendDiagnosticInterrupt\u003c/code\u003e IAM permission.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: instances.sendDiagnosticInterrupt\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [IAM Permissions](#body.aspect_1)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nSends diagnostic interrupt to the instance.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/sendDiagnosticInterrupt`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body is empty.\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).\n\n### IAM Permissions\n\nIn addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/) permissions:\n\n- `compute.instances.sendDiagnosticInterrupt`\n\nTo find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see [Compute Engine IAM Roles](/compute/docs/access/iam)."]]
