Help Center/ Billing Center/ User Guide/ Orders/ Renewal Management/ Resource Expiration Rules

Updated on 2024-11-26 GMT+08:00

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Resource Expiration Rules

Rules

Before a yearly/monthly resource expires, you can choose to manually renew it, have it automatically renewed, not renew it, or change its billing mode to pay-per-use.

Functions	Scenarios
Manual Renewal	Extend the validity period of resources.
Enabling Auto-Renewal	Avoid resources from being deleted after expiration.
From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use	Change the billing mode to Pay-per-Use based on service requirements.
Non-Renewal upon Expiration	Stop using resources after they expire.

After a yearly/monthly resource expires, renew it in a timely manner if you want to continue using the resource.
1. When the resource enters the grace period, you can still use the resource.
2. When the grace period ends, the retention period starts. The resource is frozen and cannot be used, but your data stored in the resource is retained.
3. After the retention period ends, your resources are automatically deleted. In this case, the resources cannot be retrieved or renewed.
If a yearly/monthly resource in the grace period or retention period is renewed, the duration spent in the grace and retention periods will be deducted from the renewal period. For details, see Resource Suspension and Release.

Example:

You purchased a monthly EVS disk on March 31, 2024, and the resource would expire on April 30, 2024. The grace period and retention period of yearly/monthly resources on Huawei Cloud (European) are both 15 days.

On May 18, 2024, the resource was in the grace period and renewed for one month. There are only 13 days remaining because the resource would expire on May 31, 2024.

Viewing Instance Expiration Time

On the Renewals page, you can filter the instances which will expire soon and view the expiration time of these instances.

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By the Expires field, you can quickly filter the resources to be renewed and view the number of resources.
- Expires in 7 days, 15 days, 30 days, or customized days: Resources that are about to expire in the specified time range can be renewed in advance.
- Expired (in grace period): A resource will enter the grace period upon expiration. In the period, the resource can be used normally.
- Frozen (in retention period): A resource will enter the retention period after the grace period ends. In the period, the resource cannot be used.
The Do not show resource packages and Show resource packages only options are deselected by default. If you select them, all resources that meet the filter criteria are displayed.