I have figured out that when the canister creation fails, my cycles are lost. I start with a the following balance in my cycles ledger. dfx cycles balance --ic 5.091 TC (trillion cycles). I created a new canister in a dedicated subnet with a specific amount of cycles, but the process failed. …

Okay thanks, but what does that mean? In my case: I created a canister and realized that I used the wrong subnet. I deleted the canister and created a new canister with a dedicated subnet and this happened within a short time, meaning immediately after each step was completed. How long do I nee…

from my understanding you should have received the remaining cycles back after you deleted the canister on the wrong subnet. to me it seems that “just” the deployment (of 2 different canisters?) on the specified subnet failed for you. I am not sure what the term “soon enough” means. from what the …

Loss of cycles when canister creation fails?

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jennifertran September 15, 2024, 6:30pm 2

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Loss of cycles when canister creation fails?

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