# Traffic routed to stale/ghost agent after deletion (not visible in CLI or dashboard) (US-East Outage Context)

**URL:** <https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047>\
**Category:** Agents\
**Tags:** agent-deployment, livekit-cloud\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047 "2026-05-06T20:01:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Syed\_Faizan\_Ahmed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/syed_faizan_ahmed/32/1268_2.png) [@Syed\_Faizan\_Ahmed](https://community.livekit.io/u/Syed_Faizan_Ahmed)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047/1 "2026-05-06T20:01:42Z")

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During the recent US-East outage, I redeployed my agent multiple times via CLI. I then deleted all deployments.

Current state:

- CLI shows no deployed agents

- Dashboard also shows no active agents

However, there is still a **stale/ghost agent** :

- It automatically joins the room when a user connects

- It does not appear in CLI or dashboard

- All traffic is being routed to this instance

- My newly deployed agent receives **zero traffic** (no join logs, no activity)

**What I’ve tried:**

- Multiple delete + redeploy cycles via CLI

- Verified state via CLI and dashboard

**Expected:**  
No agent should be running after deletion, and new deployments should receive traffic.

**Actual:**  
An untracked agent instance continues to handle all traffic.

**Request:**  
Please check project **p\_lxxt2sksjjd** and **p\_443npvjqcvj** for any **orphaned/stale agent instances** and advise how to fully clear them or reset routing.

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**Author:** ![CWilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/cwilson/32/135_2.png) [@CWilson](https://community.livekit.io/u/CWilson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047/2 "2026-05-06T20:28:53Z")

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We are looking into this.

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**Author:** ![CWilson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/cwilson/32/135_2.png) [@CWilson](https://community.livekit.io/u/CWilson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047/3 "2026-05-06T22:49:19Z")

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This is fixed now. Can you try again?

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**Author:** ![Syed\_Faizan\_Ahmed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/syed_faizan_ahmed/32/1268_2.png) [@Syed\_Faizan\_Ahmed](https://community.livekit.io/u/Syed_Faizan_Ahmed)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/traffic-routed-to-stale-ghost-agent-after-deletion-not-visible-in-cli-or-dashboard-us-east-outage-context/1047/4 "2026-05-08T19:12:43Z")

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Thanks @CWilson! I can confirm it has been fixed now.