Can I stop, pause, or disable my app on App Platform?

You cannot pause, stop, or disable an app. You can only delete apps, which permanently and irreversibly destroys the app and its components.

As a workaround, you can download the app specification file before deleting the app and then build the app again from the saved spec when needed. The app spec stores the app’s settings and environment variables so that you don’t have to enter them manually again.

To download the app spec, in the DigitalOcean Control Panel, click the Settings tab for the app you want to delete. In the App Spec section, click the Edit link and click Download. Then, create an app using the DigitalOcean Control Panel and update the app spec to redeploy that app with the same settings as the deleted one.

If you need to make changes to your app, update your code and push it to your repositories. The app gets auto-deployed to App Platform.

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Why can't I route traffic to my app's dedicated egress IP address?

Dedicated egress IPs route egress (outbound) traffic from an app. To route ingress (inbound) traffic to an app, use one of App Platform’s public ingress IPs.

Why doesn't my app's wildcard subdomain work?

Add the root domain to the list of domains in the app’s settings along with the wildcard subdomain.

Why is my app not resolving .gov domains?

App Platform apps may be slow or unable to resolve .gov domains because the domain administrators have blocked DigitalOcean’s IP addresses. To fix this, you can contact the domain administrator or use a custom DNS resolver.