Unable to stop a spot instance

Question

Hi all,

I have a persistent spot instance.  I have created these before and haven't had any issues stopping them, but I am unable to stop this one.  I have tried a CLI --force stop and I am getting the same thing I see in the Console UI:

```
An error occurred (IncorrectSpotRequestState) when calling the StopInstances operation: You can't stop the Spot Instance '' because the associated Spot Instance request is not in an appropriate state to support stop.
```
I don't want to keep getting charged.

Thanks!

Answer

Hello.

There are restrictions on stopping Spot Instances, have you checked them?  
I think it is a good idea to terminate the Spot Instance if the stop request is cancelled.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-requests.html#stopping-a-spot-instance  
> You can only stop a Spot Instance if the Spot Instance was launched from a persistent Spot Instance request.  
> You can't stop a Spot Instance if the associated Spot Instance request is cancelled. When the Spot Instance request is cancelled, you can only terminate the Spot Instance.  
> You can't stop a Spot Instance if it is part of a fleet or launch group, or Availability Zone group.

Unable to stop a spot instance

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