Amazon EC2 now supports skipping the operating system shutdown when stopping or terminating instances

[Eyal Estrin]

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/amazon-ec2-skip-os-shutdown-option-during-stop-terminate/

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-stop-methods.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-terminate-methods.html

Eyal Estrin

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