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Outage in Flexera

Spot - AWS China North - Instance Management Operations Disruption

Resolved Major
October 28, 2026 - Started 3 days ago - Lasted about 9 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

A billing-related issue with Flexera's AWS China account disrupted instance management operations for Spot customers in the AWS China North region for approximately 8.9 hours, preventing them from launching or terminating instances. Flexera engaged AWS Support and escalated the matter to restore the affected account. The billing issue was resolved and full service was restored.

Incident Description: We are investigating an issue affecting instance management operations for a subset of Spot customers using the AWS China North region. Business Impact: Affected customers may experience failures when attempting to launch or terminate instances. Restoration Activity: Our technical teams are actively investigating the issue and working to identify the underlying cause and restore normal instance management operations. Further updates will be provided as the investigation progresses.
Components affected
Flexera Spot API

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 3 days ago - at 10/29/2026 07:53AM

The billing-related issue affecting the AWS China account has been successfully resolved, and the account has been restored. Normal service has resumed, and the incident is confirmed as resolved.

IDENTIFIED 3 days ago - at 10/29/2026 07:15AM

Our teams continue to work with AWS Support to restore the affected AWS China account. The matter has been escalated within AWS for further assistance, while our teams are also exploring available options to facilitate restoration. We remain actively engaged with AWS and will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

IDENTIFIED 3 days ago - at 10/29/2026 04:00AM

Our teams have identified that the AWS China account is currently affected due to a billing-related issue. A support case has been raised with AWS to address the issue and restore the account. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

INVESTIGATING 3 days ago - at 10/29/2026 01:08AM

Our technical teams have narrowed the investigation to account configuration associated with the affected environment. Teams are reviewing current configuration data against previously known configuration to determine whether identified differences contributed to the instance management failures.

The investigation remains ongoing while the identified configuration differences are validated and the appropriate remediation is determined.

INVESTIGATING 3 days ago - at 10/28/2026 11:03PM

Incident Description: We are investigating an issue affecting instance management operations for a subset of Spot customers using the AWS China North region.

Business Impact: Affected customers may experience failures when attempting to launch or terminate instances.

Restoration Activity: Our technical teams are actively investigating the issue and working to identify the underlying cause and restore normal instance management operations. Further updates will be provided as the investigation progresses.

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