Help Center/ Elastic Cloud Server/ Billing/ Subscription Renewal/ Auto-renewing an ECS
Updated on 2026-10-29 GMT+08:00
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Auto-renewing an ECS

Auto-renewal can prevent ECSs from being automatically deleted if you forget to manually renew them. The auto-renewal rules are as follows:

  • The first auto-renewal date is based on when the ECS expires and the billing cycle.
  • The auto-renewal period of an ECS varies depending on how you enable auto-renewal.
  • You can enable auto-renewal anytime before an ECS expires. By default, the system will make the first attempt to charge your account for the renewal at 03:00 seven days before the expiration date. If this attempt fails, it will make another attempt at 03:00 every day until the subscription is renewed or expires.
  • Even if auto-renewal is enabled, you can still manually renew the ECS. Manual renewal does not cancel auto-renewal. The renewal payment will be deducted from your account seven days prior to the new expiration date.
  • By default, auto-renewal billing is processed seven days prior to expiration. You can adjust this billing date as required (for example, to six or five days before expiration).

For more information about auto-renewal rules, see Auto-Renewal Rules.

Prerequisites

The yearly/monthly ECS has not expired.

Enabling Auto-Renewal During Purchase

You can enable auto-renewal on the ECS purchase page. For details, see Purchasing an ECS.

Figure 1 Enabling auto-renewal

The auto-renewal period of an ECS depends on the subscription term.

  • Monthly subscriptions renew each month.
  • Yearly subscriptions renew each year.

Enabling Auto-Renewal on the Renewals Page

  1. Log in to the console and access the Renewals page.
  2. Set the search criteria.

    • You can view the resources for which auto-renewal has been enabled on the Auto Renewals page.
    • You can enable auto-renewal for resources on the Manual Renewals, Pay-per-Use After Expiration, and Renewals Canceled pages.
    Figure 2 Renewals

  3. Enable auto-renewal for yearly/monthly resources.

    • Enabling auto-renewal for a single resource: Select the ECS for which you want to enable auto-renewal and choose More > Enable Auto-Renewal in the Operation column.
    • Enabling auto-renewal for multiple resources at a time: Select the ECSs for which you want to enable auto-renewal and click Enable Auto-Renewal above the list.

  4. Select a renewal period, specify the auto-renewal times, and click OK.

    If auto-renewal is enabled on the Renewals page, the auto-renewal period is subject to the selected renewal period and number of auto-renewals. For example, if you select a three-month renewal period and do not select Preset Auto-renewals, your subscription is automatically renewed for three months before each expiration.

Parent topic: Subscription Renewal