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[ECS] [request]: Evacuate and Fence an Availability Zone at runtime

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**Tell us about your request**
At runtime:
a) Provide the capability for a customer to safely Evacuate running tasks from an availability zone (evacuating an AZ)
b) Provide the capability for a customer to mark an availability zone as undesirable thereby preventing any new tasks being launched into the AZ (fencing an AZ)

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
ECS Fargate

**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
Currently, if a service that runs tasks in multiple AZs is experiencing a grey failure in one of the AZs, the only way to evacuate the AZ is by redeploying the service and its tasks with the AZ disabled/removed. This can be challenging to manage across hundreds of accounts.

**Are you currently working around this issue?**
No

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Research direction

No repository files, tests, or implementation entry points are identified in the request. Start by clarifying the ECS Fargate API and safety criteria for evacuating and fencing an Availability Zone; done means customers can perform both runtime operations without a service redeployment.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws
Domain
cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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