lightsail snapshot export lasting forever!

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I have been wanting to delete a lightsail snapshot in my account: // listing the snapshots $ aws lightsail get-instance-snapshots // REDACTED

// however here is the culprit ongoing stuck snapshot export $ aws lightsail get-export-snapshot-records // REDACTED

I tried like so: $ aws lightsail delete-instance-snapshot --instance-snapshot-name resource_name An error occurred (OperationFailureException) when calling the DeleteInstanceSnapshot operation: You cannot delete a snapshot that is currently being exported.

Now is there a way to delete the "exportSnapshotRecords" that is blocking the deletion of the lighsail snapshot???

There seems not to be some other command targeted at this issue here https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/lightsail/index.html

The snapshot export has been ongoing for over 20 months now and it is preventing me from deleting that lightsail snaphot! How do I ABORT/CANCEL the ongoing snaphot export in the first place? Thanks for your help.

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asked 5 months ago145 views
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Hi,

Please contact AWS Support under the free support plan to get the stuck export record corrected. After that it will allow you to continue with the snapshot deletion.

Thanks.

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answered 5 months ago
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Hi again, I reached out to the support and they effectively helped me delete that snapshot.

Thanks for the help Sylvain

answered 5 months ago
  • Glad the issue got resolved. Happy to have helped :)

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