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[FEATURE] Toggle for freeze/unfreeze container #359
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
VM managers have a toggle to freeze/unfreeze (or maybe it's called suspend/thaw) the guest on demand.
Describe the solution you'd like
Can the Droidspaces > Containers tab also implement a "Pause" button next to the Stop/Restart buttons for a container.
Describe alternatives you've considered
echo 1 > /sys/fs/cgroup/droidspaces/ubuntu/cgroup.freeze for freeze and echo 0 > /sys/fs/cgroup/droidspaces/ubuntu/cgroup.freeze for unfreeze seems to work
Additional context
Probably as an optional feature that's automatically visible if the freezer kernel config is enabled.
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ravindu644 commentedon Oct 16, 2026
Thanks for the suggestion.
Your approach works. However, the issue is that since the Android app uses a shared root shell via libSU to execute commands, once a container gets frozen, every single root action of the app hangs as the app waits for a command run inside the frozen container to fetch the telemetry to finish.
So, we have to figure that issue out first before implementing this.
George-Seven commentedon Oct 16, 2026
My bad, I didn't notice that. I had just done a quick test on that container and didn't realise the root actions was paused with it.
ravindu644 commentedon Oct 18, 2026
Not planned for now. Pausing a container doesn't free any memory, it breaks live connections (TCP, Anland/X11 sessions), and restarting is already fast.
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cgroup.freezeby hand works, just don't use the app while a container is frozen. Its root actions will hang until you unfreeze it.Thanks for the suggestion though!