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Oracle Free Tier being reduced....

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  • gremeyergremeyer Member

    @jorohe6515 said:
    Yes, you are (all) right, there is many contradicting information currently on OCI and within the docs. If you check Reddit, you can find out that there is even more confusion if you contact Oracle support, because different people there will tell you even more different things.

    What we know so far for sure:

    • Oracle is reducing their limits
    • They announced to existing customers that you should stay within the new limits
    • There is now a difference between Free Tier and PAYG.
      • The first has now a maximum limit of 2OCPU/12G on the ARM flex instances. It is not possible anymore on FreeTier to go beyond that limit. Before the change, the limit was defined by 3,000 OCPU hours, so it was possible to run a instance with up to 80cores for a short time. Not possible any more.
      • For PAYG there is no OCPU limit (amount of cores), but your free amount will be reduced from 3,000 to 1,500 OCPU hours.

    What we don't know:

    • Is there a grace period for users not downsizing their VPS now?
      • Meaning for Free-Tier: will your VPS be shutdown this month or not
      • For PAYG: Do you already have to pay after the 15th this month or not

    Just because I have seen Oracle in the past deleting "always free" instances (now called "always free eligable") for no reason, my opinion is: better be careful.

    I'm guessing they're still implementing the change in all the places that mention it. I was going to downsize my instance, but I'll wait until it's clearer. People are saying they haven't been able to launch new ARM instances due to capacity issues, which doesn't inspire much confidence.

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @gremeyer said:

    @jorohe6515 said:
    Yes, you are (all) right, there is many contradicting information currently on OCI and within the docs. If you check Reddit, you can find out that there is even more confusion if you contact Oracle support, because different people there will tell you even more different things.

    What we know so far for sure:

    • Oracle is reducing their limits
    • They announced to existing customers that you should stay within the new limits
    • There is now a difference between Free Tier and PAYG.
      • The first has now a maximum limit of 2OCPU/12G on the ARM flex instances. It is not possible anymore on FreeTier to go beyond that limit. Before the change, the limit was defined by 3,000 OCPU hours, so it was possible to run a instance with up to 80cores for a short time. Not possible any more.
      • For PAYG there is no OCPU limit (amount of cores), but your free amount will be reduced from 3,000 to 1,500 OCPU hours.

    What we don't know:

    • Is there a grace period for users not downsizing their VPS now?
      • Meaning for Free-Tier: will your VPS be shutdown this month or not
      • For PAYG: Do you already have to pay after the 15th this month or not

    Just because I have seen Oracle in the past deleting "always free" instances (now called "always free eligable") for no reason, my opinion is: better be careful.

    I'm guessing they're still implementing the change in all the places that mention it. I was going to downsize my instance, but I'll wait until it's clearer. People are saying they haven't been able to launch new ARM instances due to capacity issues, which doesn't inspire much confidence.

    Don't delete the vm, just resize the shape.

    Thanked by 1gremeyer
  • ralfralf Member

    @jorohe6515 said:

    @gremeyer said:
    Did they ever say anything about existing instances being affected? Or is it just new deployments?

    Yes, free tier is going to be reduced. If you log in, you will see a banner. If you don't downsize, they will shut down your VPS. PAYG is probably going to be charged then for half of the month.

    I haven't been informed by e-mail of any changes, and I haven't logged into the management thingy since last January 2025. Both my instances seem to be happily chugging along doing nothing except artificially keeping the load at 50% (following the advice a few years back about them deleting free instances with less than 10% load).

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @ralf said:

    @jorohe6515 said:

    @gremeyer said:
    Did they ever say anything about existing instances being affected? Or is it just new deployments?

    Yes, free tier is going to be reduced. If you log in, you will see a banner. If you don't downsize, they will shut down your VPS. PAYG is probably going to be charged then for half of the month.

    I haven't been informed by e-mail of any changes, and I haven't logged into the management thingy since last January 2025. Both my instances seem to be happily chugging along doing nothing except artificially keeping the load at 50% (following the advice a few years back about them deleting free instances with less than 10% load).

    I never got anymore warnings and they probably do even less now. I suspect that backfired on them.

  • gremeyergremeyer Member

    @ralf said:

    @jorohe6515 said:

    @gremeyer said:
    Did they ever say anything about existing instances being affected? Or is it just new deployments?

    Yes, free tier is going to be reduced. If you log in, you will see a banner. If you don't downsize, they will shut down your VPS. PAYG is probably going to be charged then for half of the month.

    I haven't been informed by e-mail of any changes, and I haven't logged into the management thingy since last January 2025. Both my instances seem to be happily chugging along doing nothing except artificially keeping the load at 50% (following the advice a few years back about them deleting free instances with less than 10% load).

    The only thing I've been running on mine for the past few years is a Minecraft server, which is known to use a ton of RAM. I never ran a program to use the CPU 24/7, that might have been the reason it stayed up for that long, but they never terminated my instance.

  • gremeyergremeyer Member

    I just got this email from Oracle:

    Action Required: OCI Always Free Update

    Hello,

    We're writing to let you know about an important update regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Always Free compute.

    The Always Free compute limits have been updated. If your tenancy is currently using Always Free compute resources above the new limits, you must reduce your usage by August 18, 2026.

    Beginning on August 18, 2026, Oracle will begin enforcing the updated Always Free compute limits. Compute instances that exceed the Always Free entitlement will be automatically terminated.

    Current Always Free compute limits

    • Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
    • Up to 12 GB of memory

    If your tenancy is already within these limits, no action is required.

    Your tenancy and other Always Free services will remain available. If compute instances are terminated because they exceed the Always Free entitlement, you can launch new Always Free compute instances within the current limits at any time.

    You can review the current Always Free limits and manage your compute resources in the OCI Console.

    For more information, see:

    Thank you for using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Team

    Thanked by 3x1arch eliphas giang
  • nlenle Member

    Me too. So I just logged in and reshaped my free-tier instance to 2cpu/12ram.
    I don't really use it for anything heavy, so I should be fine.

    It's been 4 years on the dot (give or take a few days) since I created it, so I guess I should be grateful for the free tier. Especially with the RAM pricing these days.

  • FubukiFubuki Member

    @gremeyer said:
    I just got this email from Oracle:

    Action Required: OCI Always Free Update

    Hello,

    We're writing to let you know about an important update regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Always Free compute.

    The Always Free compute limits have been updated. If your tenancy is currently using Always Free compute resources above the new limits, you must reduce your usage by August 18, 2026.

    Beginning on August 18, 2026, Oracle will begin enforcing the updated Always Free compute limits. Compute instances that exceed the Always Free entitlement will be automatically terminated.

    Current Always Free compute limits

    • Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
    • Up to 12 GB of memory

    If your tenancy is already within these limits, no action is required.

    Your tenancy and other Always Free services will remain available. If compute instances are terminated because they exceed the Always Free entitlement, you can launch new Always Free compute instances within the current limits at any time.

    You can review the current Always Free limits and manage your compute resources in the OCI Console.

    For more information, see:

    Thank you for using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Team

    never gotten that email yet but i guess thats for only free tier and not PAYG legacy accounts?

  • JohnFilch123JohnFilch123 Member

    @Fubuki said: thats for only free tier and not PAYG legacy accounts?

    There was a discussion about it which did not end in anything specific. It seems like yes but not 100% sure.

    Thanked by 1Fubuki
  • JordJord Moderator, Host Rep, Veteran, Megathread Squad

    I just got it too. So had to resize it, had it for a long time today is a sad day 🥹

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @gremeyer said:
    I just got this email from Oracle:

    Action Required: OCI Always Free Update

    Hello,

    We're writing to let you know about an important update regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Always Free compute.

    The Always Free compute limits have been updated. If your tenancy is currently using Always Free compute resources above the new limits, you must reduce your usage by August 18, 2026.

    Beginning on August 18, 2026, Oracle will begin enforcing the updated Always Free compute limits. Compute instances that exceed the Always Free entitlement will be automatically terminated.

    Current Always Free compute limits

    • Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
    • Up to 12 GB of memory

    If your tenancy is already within these limits, no action is required.

    Your tenancy and other Always Free services will remain available. If compute instances are terminated because they exceed the Always Free entitlement, you can launch new Always Free compute instances within the current limits at any time.

    You can review the current Always Free limits and manage your compute resources in the OCI Console.

    For more information, see:

    Thank you for using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Team

    Location?

  • ralfralf Member

    @TimboJones said:
    Location?

    I got it today as well. London for me.

    Thanked by 1TimboJones
  • cloromorphocloromorpho Member

    Got it too... sad day.

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @ralf said:

    @TimboJones said:
    Location?

    I got it today as well. London for me.

    Toronto, no email yet.

  • nlenle Member

    Stockholm

  • gremeyergremeyer Member

    @TimboJones said:

    @gremeyer said:
    I just got this email from Oracle:

    Action Required: OCI Always Free Update

    Hello,

    We're writing to let you know about an important update regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Always Free compute.

    The Always Free compute limits have been updated. If your tenancy is currently using Always Free compute resources above the new limits, you must reduce your usage by August 18, 2026.

    Beginning on August 18, 2026, Oracle will begin enforcing the updated Always Free compute limits. Compute instances that exceed the Always Free entitlement will be automatically terminated.

    Current Always Free compute limits

    • Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
    • Up to 12 GB of memory

    If your tenancy is already within these limits, no action is required.

    Your tenancy and other Always Free services will remain available. If compute instances are terminated because they exceed the Always Free entitlement, you can launch new Always Free compute instances within the current limits at any time.

    You can review the current Always Free limits and manage your compute resources in the OCI Console.

    For more information, see:

    Thank you for using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Team

    Location?

    Ashburn for me but I think it applies to all of them.

  • equalzequalz Member

    Same, it's been a good run TBH, happy with a free 2c 12gb box

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