Cannot change Ampere A1 compute resource allocation.
Hello Oracle Cloud Support Team,
I received an Oracle OCI Always Free update notification stating that, beginning August 18, 2026, the Always Free compute limits will be reduced to:
- Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
- Up to 12 GB of memory
I currently have an Always Free Ampere A1 instance in the South Korea North (Chuncheon) region with the following configuration:
- Shape: VM.Standard.A1.Flex
- OCPUs: 3
- Memory: 18 GB
- Region: South Korea North (Chuncheon)
The OCI Console currently shows that this configuration does not support resizing, so I cannot directly change the instance from 3 OCPUs / 18 GB to 2 OCPUs / 12 GB.
I also tried to create a new Ampere A1 instance in the same region, but VM.Standard.A1.Flex / Ampere A1 is not available as an option in the Create Instance page.
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