# Statuses

### Spot bid

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Instances will not appear and are not accessible until your spot bid has been <mark style="color:green;">Allocated</mark>.&#x20;
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| Status                                        | Description                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Open bid                                      | Instances will be allocated when your bid wins. Your bid will remain open for allocation until you terminate the bid. |
| <mark style="color:green;">Allocated</mark>   | Instances have been allocated for use while your bid is winning.                                                      |
| <mark style="color:orange;">Preempting</mark> | Your limit price has been outbid. This spot bid will remain open but access to instances will stop in 5 minutes.      |
| <mark style="color:blue;">Paused</mark>       | You have paused your spot bid to spin-down associated instances & preserving boot disk.                               |
| <mark style="color:red;">Terminated</mark>    | Your bid was terminated. Instances will no longer be allocated.                                                       |

### Spot instance

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We do not charge for the <mark style="color:blue;">Starting</mark> time. Any accumulated charges will be deducted at the end of the billing cycle.
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| Status                                        | Description                                                                        |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <mark style="color:blue;">Starting</mark>     | Your bid is winning. Please reach out if your wait time is longer than 20 minutes. |
| <mark style="color:green;">Running</mark>     | Your bid is winning. This instance is accessible via SSH.                          |
| <mark style="color:blue;">Relocating</mark>   | This instance will be relocated to a new host in 5 minutes.                        |
| <mark style="color:orange;">Preempting</mark> | Your limit price has been outbid. This instance will stop in 5 minutes.            |
| <mark style="color:orange;">Preempted</mark>  | Your limit price has been outbid. This instances is no longer allocated.           |
| <mark style="color:yellow;">Paused</mark>     | Your spot bid was paused. The instance is not accessible until the bid is resumed. |
| <mark style="color:red;">Terminated</mark>    | Your spot bid was terminated. This instance is no longer allocated.                |

### Reservation

| Status                                             | Description                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Confirmed                                          | Instances will be allocated on your reservation date.                  |
| <mark style="color:green;">Allocated</mark>        | Instances have been allocated until the end of the reservation date    |
| <mark style="color:red;">Expired</mark>            | Your reservation duration expired. Instances are no longer accessible. |
| <mark style="color:red;">Ended</mark>              | Your reservation ended. Instances are no longer accessible.            |
| <mark style="color:orange;">Pending payment</mark> | Update the payment method to allow instances to be allocated.          |

### Reserved instance

| Status                                     | Description                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Scheduled                                  | This instance will be allocated on your reservation date                                    |
| <mark style="color:blue;">Starting</mark>  | Your reservation is starting. Please reach out if your wait time is longer than 20 minutes. |
| <mark style="color:green;">Running</mark>  | Your reservation is running. This instance is accessible via SSH.                           |
| <mark style="color:red;">Terminated</mark> | Your reservation was terminated. This instance is no longer accessible.                     |


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