This topic describes the impacts of overdue payments on resources.
Causes of overdue payments
If the sum of the balance, vouchers, and coupons in your Alibaba Cloud account is less than the payable amounts of your bills, your account has overdue payments.
Overdue payments
Overdue payment alerts
After an overdue payment occurs, the system sends messages to remind you of the overdue payments by SMS or email.
Overdue payments within the overdraft limit
Your service is not affected.
Alibaba Cloud supports a grace period. During the grace period, you can still use pay-as-you-go resources for which the bill does not exceed the overdraft limit even if your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment. You are still charged for using the resources within the grace period. The overdraft limit is not equal to the maximum overdue payment that is allowed. The overdraft limit and period are automatically calculated and updated on a monthly basis based on the consumption records of your Alibaba Cloud account.
No more than 7 days after the overdue payment occurs
If the balance in your Alibaba Cloud account is insufficient to pay the bill amount and your Container Registry Enterprise Edition instance is in the overdue state, you cannot change the instance specifications or purchase resource plans. However, core features such as image hosting and distribution can still be used within 7 days (168 hours), and you are charged continuously.
More than 7 days after the overdue payment occurs
If you do not pay all overdue bills within 7 days (168 hours) since the overdue payment occurs, the system terminates and deletes the Container Registry Enterprise Edition instance. You can no longer pull the container images on the instance. The data of the container images is retained in the corresponding Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets.
Billing methods
Billing method | Description of the billing method | Stopping the instance | Renewal |
Subscription | Subscription is a billing method that allows you to use resources only after you pay for the resources. This billing method helps you reduce costs by allowing you to reserve resources at discounted rates. The subscription billing method is suitable for the following scenarios:
| After a subscription instance expires, the instance is automatically stopped. The instance is retained for seven days. Renew the instance within the period. | After you top up the account, your service is resumed.
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Renew an instance
A subscription Container Registry Enterprise Edition instance is automatically released after the instance expires. If you want to continue using the instance, you can manually renew the instance before the instance is released. You can also enable auto-renewal for the instance.
Enable auto-renewal
If you enable auto-renewal for instances, you do not need to manually renew the instances on a regular basis. Auto-renewal also helps prevent service interruptions that occur if you fail to renew instances in time. You can use one of the following methods to enable auto-renewal for an instance:
A subscription instance has a validity period. If you do not renew a subscription instance before the end of the validity period, services may be interrupted or even data may be lost. Pay-as-you-go instances never expire and do not require renewal.
Enable auto-renewal on the instance buy page
When you create a subscription instance, select Auto-renewal on the buy page. For more information about how to create a Container Registry Enterprise Edition instance, see Create a Container Registry Enterprise Edition instance.
Enable auto-renewal on the Renewal page
In the top navigation bar of the Container Registry console, choose .
Configure the Validity Period, Instances, and Region parameters to search for the instances for which you want to enable auto-renewal.
On the Manual tab, enable auto-renewal for one or more instances.
Enable auto-renewal for one instance: Find the instance and click Enable Auto Renewal in the Actions column.
Enable auto-renewal for multiple instances: Select the instances and click Enable Auto Renewal below the instance list.
In the Enable Auto Renewal dialog box, configure the Unified Auto Renewal Cycle parameter and click Auto Renew.
If the instances appear in the list on the Auto tab, auto-renewal is enabled for the instances.
Enable manual renewal
Log on to the Container Registry console.
In the top navigation bar, select a region.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.
On the Instances page, find the Enterprise Edition instance that you want to renew and click Renew in the Actions column.
You can select Renew Now or Enable Auto-Renewal from the drop-down list.
Renew now
Click Renew Now to go to the Renew page. You can select a subscription duration or select auto-renewal as needed.
Enable auto-renewal
Click Enable Auto-Renewal to go to the Renewal Management page and enable auto-renewal for the instance. For more information, see Enable auto-renewal.
View bills
You can go to the User Center of the Alibaba Cloud Management Console to view and export bill details by account, product, and service principal.
Log on to the Container Registry console.
In the top navigation bar, choose .
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Bill Details page, click a tab to view billing information. On the Consumption by Bill tab or Billing Details tab, you can click the
icon next to Product Name or Product Details to filter the consumption of Container Registry resources. On the Consumption by Bill tab, you can view the orders within the billing cycle that you select. You can also perform an exact search by entering the order number in the search box.
On the Billing Details tab, you can view billing details by statistic item and statistic period. The billing details include billable items, usage, unit prices, and deduction details.
On the Usage Records tab, you can export a CSV file that contains usage details by configuring the Product, Billable Item, Time Period, and Time Unit parameters.