[wink]

In OP's defense, people have misunderstood spot instances years before ChatGPT existed. IMHO it's just not messaged very clearly in AWS. Yes, RTFM and all that, but I think it's easy to miss. And yes, AWS is basically the only place I've ever deployed something VPS-/instance-like where there it was not clear if this is kinda ephemeral, if they even have that option.

[maxbond]

I don't mean to indict or attack OP. To the extent that I come across that way, I've failed in my editing.

I respect them for taking this as a learning experience and for being open about it.