Troubleshoot instance termination (shutting down)
You are not billed for any instance usage while an instance is not in the
running state. In other words, when you terminate an instance, you stop incurring
charges for that instance as soon as its state changes to shutting-down.
Instance terminates immediately
Several issues can cause your instance to terminate immediately on start-up. See Instance terminates immediately for more information.
Delayed instance termination
If your instance remains in the shutting-down state longer than a few minutes,
it might be delayed due to shutdown scripts being run by the instance.
Another possible cause is a problem with the underlying host computer. If your instance
remains in the shutting-down state for several hours, Amazon EC2 treats it as a stuck
instance and forcibly terminates it.
If it appears that your instance is stuck terminating and it has been longer than
several
hours, post a request for help to the Amazon EC2 forum
Terminated instance still displayed
After you terminate an instance, it remains visible for a short while before being
deleted.
The state shows as terminated. If the entry is not deleted after
several hours, contact Support.
Instances automatically launched or terminated
Generally, the following behaviors mean that you've used Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, EC2 Fleet, or Spot Fleet to scale your computing resources automatically based on criteria that you've defined:
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You terminate an instance and a new instance launches automatically.
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You launch an instance and one of your instances terminates automatically.
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You stop an instance and it terminates and a new instance launches automatically.
To stop automatic scaling, see the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide, EC2 Fleet, or Create a Spot Fleet request.
