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Always Free A1 instance disabled — cannot resize

Summary:

My Always Free Ampere A1 instance was disabled under the Aug 18, 2026 enforcement of the new Always Free limits (2 OCPU / 12 GB). I cannot resize it because the instance rejects all actions while disabled.

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The instance shows as Stopped in the Console, but every action — including Edit shape — is rejected with:

"Instance is disabled and will not accept any action requests. Please contact customer support to reenable."

This creates a deadlock: I cannot resize the instance because it is disabled, and it is disabled because it needs resizing.

Instance OCID: ocid1.instance.oc1.phx.anyhqljriawub2acqvcdin7km6uhmcoolsu42qljawdb7us3pxuszdazgewa

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