A method, computer system, and a computer program product for migrating a service from one container to another container is provided. The present invention may include obtaining a first group of requests that are accessing a service launched in a first container instance and a second group of requests that are waiting for accessing the service. The present invention may also include generating a migrated service in a second container instance by migrating the service from the first container instance to the second container instance based on the obtained first and second groups of requests. The present invention may further include directing the second group of requests to the migrated service in the second container instance.