# Pause Credit To earn credit for unused instances in your reservation (at the “Pause Credit” rate included in your reservation) all you need to do is pause the instances you’re not using. Note that instances only earn credit if they’re paused for at least one hour. To pause instances within a reservation, navigate to the “Instances” page in the console and expand the reservation to reveal the instances it contains. Each instance can be paused/unpaused via the “manage” button. Note that restarting a paused instance might incur up to a seven minutes delay if it requires pre-empting another user in the spot market. If no pre-emption is required, the instance will initiate its restart immediately. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.mithril.ai/compute-and-storage/reserving-compute/pause-credit.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.