linode · lgarber-akamai · Mar 9, 2026 · Dec 2, 2025 · Dec 2, 2025 · Dec 3, 2025
@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@
 from linode_api4.objects.serializable import JSONObject, StrEnum
 from linode_api4.objects.vpc import VPC, VPCSubnet
 from linode_api4.paginated_list import PaginatedList
-from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys
+from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys, generate_device_suffixes

 PASSWORD_CHARS = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
+MIN_DEVICE_LIMIT = 8
+MB_PER_GB = 1024
+MAX_DEVICE_LIMIT = 64


 class InstanceDiskEncryptionType(StrEnum):
@@ -1272,9 +1275,19 @@ def config_create(
        from .volume import Volume  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel

        hypervisor_prefix = "sd" if self.hypervisor == "kvm" else "xvd"
+
+        device_limit = int(
+            max(
+                MIN_DEVICE_LIMIT,
+                min(self.specs.memory // MB_PER_GB, MAX_DEVICE_LIMIT),
+            )
+        )
+
        device_names = [
-            hypervisor_prefix + string.ascii_lowercase[i] for i in range(0, 8)
+            hypervisor_prefix + suffix
+            for suffix in generate_device_suffixes(device_limit)
        ]
+
        device_map = {
            device_names[i]: None for i in range(0, len(device_names))
        }

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Contains various utility functions.
 """

+import string
 from typing import Any, Dict


@@ -27,3 +28,28 @@ def recursive_helper(value: Any) -> Any:
        return value

    return recursive_helper(data)
+
+
+def generate_device_suffixes(n: int) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Generate n alphabetical suffixes starting with a, b, c, etc.
+    After z, continue with aa, ab, ac, etc. followed by aaa, aab, etc.
+    Example:
+        generate_device_suffixes(30) ->
+        ['a', 'b', 'c', ..., 'z', 'aa', 'ab', 'ac', 'ad']
+    """
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
+    result = []
+    i = 0
+
+    while len(result) < n:
+        s = ""
+        x = i
+        while True:
+            s = letters[x % 26] + s
+            x = x // 26 - 1
+            if x < 0:
+                break
+        result.append(s)
+        i += 1
+    return result
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from test.integration.conftest import get_region
+from test.integration.helpers import get_test_label, retry_sending_request
+
+
+def test_config_create_with_extended_volume_limit(test_linode_client):
+    client = test_linode_client
+
+    region = get_region(client, {"Linodes", "Block Storage"}, site_type="core")
+    label = get_test_label()
+
+    linode, _ = client.linode.instance_create(
+        "g6-standard-6",
+        region,
+        image="linode/debian12",
+        label=label,
+    )
+
+    volumes = [
+        client.volume_create(
+            f"{label}-vol-{i}",
+            region=region,
+            size=10,
+        )
+        for i in range(12)
+    ]
+
+    config = linode.config_create(volumes=volumes)
+
+    devices = config._raw_json["devices"]
+
+    assert len([d for d in devices.values() if d is not None]) == 12
+
+    assert "sdi" in devices
+    assert "sdj" in devices
+    assert "sdk" in devices
+    assert "sdl" in devices
+
+    linode.delete()
+    for v in volumes:
+        retry_sending_request(3, v.delete)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import unittest

-from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys
+from linode_api4.util import drop_null_keys, generate_device_suffixes


 class UtilTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -53,3 +53,122 @@ def test_drop_null_keys_recursive(self):
        }

        assert drop_null_keys(value) == expected_output
+
+    def test_generate_device_suffixes(self):
+        """
+        Tests whether generate_device_suffixes works as expected.
+        """
+
+        expected_output_12 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(12) == expected_output_12
+
+        expected_output_30 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+            "m",
+            "n",
+            "o",
+            "p",
+            "q",
+            "r",
+            "s",
+            "t",
+            "u",
+            "v",
+            "w",
+            "x",
+            "y",
+            "z",
+            "aa",
+            "ab",
+            "ac",
+            "ad",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(30) == expected_output_30
+
+        expected_output_60 = [
+            "a",
+            "b",
+            "c",
+            "d",
+            "e",
+            "f",
+            "g",
+            "h",
+            "i",
+            "j",
+            "k",
+            "l",
+            "m",
+            "n",
+            "o",
+            "p",
+            "q",
+            "r",
+            "s",
+            "t",
+            "u",
+            "v",
+            "w",
+            "x",
+            "y",
+            "z",
+            "aa",
+            "ab",
+            "ac",
+            "ad",
+            "ae",
+            "af",
+            "ag",
+            "ah",
+            "ai",
+            "aj",
+            "ak",
+            "al",
+            "am",
+            "an",
+            "ao",
+            "ap",
+            "aq",
+            "ar",
+            "as",
+            "at",
+            "au",
+            "av",
+            "aw",
+            "ax",
+            "ay",
+            "az",
+            "ba",
+            "bb",
+            "bc",
+            "bd",
+            "be",
+            "bf",
+            "bg",
+            "bh",
+        ]
+        assert generate_device_suffixes(60) == expected_output_60