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Free Tier instance is stuck in "Terminating" stage

3754152Sep 8 2025

I lost my ssh key, so I eventually decided to terminate the instance.

But now it has been stuck in "Terminating" stage for over 5 days.

stopping and restarting don't work.

Console connection also does not work.

In all cases (whether it console or CLI action) I get the error:

“instance *** is currently being modified, try again later”

Problem has persisted for over 5 days.

I can't create a new instance because the "Terminating" one is technically occupying resource limits.

I would like help killing the instance, please.

Thanks.

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