# Find interrupted Spot Instances


When you describe your EC2 instances, the results include your Spot Instances. The instance lifecycle of a Spot Instance is `spot`. The instance state of a Spot Instance is either `stopped` or `terminated`, depending on the interruption behavior that you configured. For a hibernated Spot Instance, the instance state is `stopped`.

For additional details about the reason for the interruption, check the Spot request status code. For more information, see [Get the status of a Spot Instance request](spot-request-status.md).

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#### [ Console ]

**To find an interrupted Spot Instance**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Instances**.

1. Apply the following filter: **Instance lifecycle=spot**.

1. Apply the **Instance state=stopped** or **Instance state=terminated** filter depending on the interruption behavior that you configured.

1. For each Spot Instance, on the **Details** tab, under **Instance details**, find **State transition message**. The following codes indicate that the Spot Instance was interrupted.
   + `Server.SpotInstanceShutdown`
   + `Server.SpotInstanceTermination`

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To find interrupted Spot Instances**  
Use the [describe-instances](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-instances.html) command with the `--filters` option. To list only the instance IDs in the output, include the `--query` option.

If the interruption behavior is to terminate the Spot Instances, use the following example:

```
aws ec2 describe-instances \
    --filters Name=instance-lifecycle,Values=spot \
              Name=instance-state-name,Values=terminated \
              Name=state-reason-code,Values=Server.SpotInstanceTermination \
    --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceId"
```

If the interruption behavior is to stop the Spot Instances, use the following example:

```
aws ec2 describe-instances \
    --filters Name=instance-lifecycle,Values=spot \
              Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped \
              Name=state-reason-code,Values=Server.SpotInstanceShutdown \
    --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceId"
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To find interrupted Spot Instances**  
Use the [Get-EC2Instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Get-EC2Instance.html) cmdlet.

If the interruption behavior is to terminate the Spot Instances, use the following example:

```
(Get-EC2Instance `
    -Filter @{Key="instance-lifecycle"; Values="spot"} `
            @{Key="instance-state-name"; Values="terminated"} `
            @{Key="state-reason-code"; Values="Server.SpotInstanceTermination"}).Instances.InstanceId
```

If the interruption behavior is to stop the Spot Instances, use the following example:

```
(Get-EC2Instance `
    -Filter @{Key="instance-lifecycle"; Values="spot"} `
            @{Key="instance-state-name"; Values="stopped"} `
            @{Key="state-reason-code"; Values="Server.SpotInstanceTermination"}).Instances.InstanceId
```

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