Nova reserves resources for the instance even if it's not running, so the reported uptime probably shouldn't be used for billing.
Also, the uptime gets reset on a resize/revert-resize/rescue, further making it tricky to use for billing. ** Changed in: nova Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to OpenStack Compute (nova). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1605098 Title: Nova usage not showing server real uptime Status in OpenStack Compute (nova): Invalid Bug description: Hi All, I am trying to calculate openstack server "uptime" where nova os usage is giving server creation time, which cant take forward for billing, Is there any way to do ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1605098/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp