When an instance in the Running state is suspended due to overdue bills or expiration, its state changes to Stopped. After you settle the bill or renew the subscription, the instance automatically starts. However, the instance may fail to start. For example, due to insufficient inventory of Economical Mode instances, the instances that failed to start will still be released.

Therefore, verify whether the instance has started successfully. If it fails to start, manually start the instance by following the procedure in this topic.

Procedure

In the left-side navigation pane, choose "Instances & Images > Instances".

In the top menu bar, select the project and region to which the target instance belongs.

On the Instances page, click "Start" in the "Actions" column on the right side of the target instance.

In the pop-up dialog box, confirm the instance name.

After confirming the information, click "Start" to complete the operation.

Result

After you start an ECS instance, its state changes to Starting. After a short period of time, the state changes to Running.