Runbook: Handle Cloud Quota Exhaustion

1 · Prerequisites

Confirm every item is in place before any state change.

• The apply failed with a quota error
• The cloud account has limited resources

2 · Pre-checks

Read-only diagnostic commands. If any of these don't match expected output, stop and investigate further.

• · The error is a quota error
• · The quota can be increased

3 · Procedure

Execute each step in order. Verify the expected output of a step before moving to the next.

1. 1Identify the quota error
2. 2Request a quota increase
3. 3Wait for the increase
4. 4Re-run the apply
5. 5Verify the state is consistent
6. 6Document the incident

4 · Verification

Confirm the procedure actually fixed the problem.

• ✓The apply completes
• ✓State is consistent
• ✓Incident is documented

5 · Rollback

If verification fails, undo the procedure in reverse order.

• ↶If the increase is not approved, cancel the apply and use the previous state

6 · Escalation

When the runbook isn't enough, contact:

• · If the quota cannot be increased, escalate to the cloud account team