This has been attempted may times in the past, without success (see references below). At this point, I'd rather set honest expectations that this will never get done, and close this bug.
References: Red Hat internal BZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1095997 Initial upstream blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/hot-resize Revised attempt: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/instance-live-resize Spec attempt: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/nova-specs/+/95054 ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1095997 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1095997 ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017829 Title: Live-resize feature Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Invalid Bug description: I understand that openstack doesn't support live resize/hot add vcpu and memory for now. Is it possible to support it? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/2017829/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

