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    Elastic Compute Service:View historical system events

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    Elastic Compute Service:View historical system events

    Last Updated:May 15, 2026

    Query processed ECS system events from the past week for troubleshooting and analysis.

    View in the console

    1. Go to ECS console - Events.

    2. On the Event page, select an event type to view system events by region, including the instance ID, event type, and event status.

      Example: / Instance Type Change Requires Restart event.

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    View events with the Alibaba Cloud CLI

    1. Obtain the instance ID.

      aliyun ecs DescribeInstances --RegionId <TheRegionId> --output cols=InstanceId,InstanceName rows=Instances.Instance[]

    2. Call DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents to query historical system events.

      aliyun ecs DescribeInstanceHistoryEvents --RegionId <TheRegionId> --InstanceId i-bp13kpqetxnp2a****** --output cols=EventId,EventTypeName rows=InstanceSystemEventSet.InstanceSystemEventType[]