Overview

When to Renew Subscriptions

If a yearly/monthly instance is about to expire but you want to continue using it, you need to renew the instance subscription within a specified period, or resources, such as vCPUs and memory, will be automatically released, and data will be lost and cannot be restored.

Only yearly/monthly instance subscriptions can be renewed. If you use pay-per-use instances, just ensure that your account has a valid payment method configured or a top-up account with a sufficient balance.

If you renew the instance before it expires, resources will be retained and you can continue using the instance. For details about statuses after instances have expired and the associated impacts, see Impact of Expiration.

How to Renew Subscriptions

You can renew a yearly/monthly instance manually or automatically.

**Table 1** Renewing a yearly/monthly instance
Method	Description
Manually Renewing an Instance	You can renew a yearly/monthly instance anytime on the console before it is automatically deleted.
Auto-renewing an Instance	You can enable auto-renewal to automatically renew the instance before it expires. This prevents resources from being deleted in case you forget to renew a subscription.