title: Stopping spot instance temporarily
body: <p>This is about this recent announcement:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/01/amazon-ec2-spot-instances-stopped-started-similar-to-on-demand-instances/" rel="noreferrer">https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/01/amazon-ec2-spot-instances-stopped-started-similar-to-on-demand-instances/</a></p>
  
  <p>But I can see a smililar feature introduced in the year 2017</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/09/amazon-ec2-spot-can-now-stop-and-start-your-spot-instances/" rel="noreferrer">https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/09/amazon-ec2-spot-can-now-stop-and-start-your-spot-instances/</a></p>
  
  <p>1) I will like to know the difference between the two announcements.
  2) When I tried to stop my spot instance, I got this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error stopping instances
  You can't stop the Spot Instance 'i-0f298e1710169xxxx' because it is in a fleet, which does not support stop
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I will like to stop the instance to save cost.</p>