I just ran into the same issue on a droplet in a different region. The only detail that stands out is that 'private_networking' as seen here [1] has been depreciated on the DO API [2]. I doubt that is the reason this is failing though. > This parameter has been deprecated. Use vpc_uuid instead to specify a > VPC network for the Droplet. If no vpc_uuid is provided, the Droplet > will be placed in your account's default VPC for the region. [1] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm#n339 [2] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/machine/digital-ocean.scm#n339 Here's the related config: (list (machine (operating-system %system) (environment digital-ocean-environment-type) (configuration (digital-ocean-configuration (region "fra1") (size "s-1vcpu-1gp") (ssh-key "/home/franz/.ssh/do_staging") (tags (list "pantherx" "staging")) (enable-ipv6? #f)))))