The instance is stuck in booting and does not process boot scripts or decommission scripts.
If you ssh into the instance and check /var/log/messages you might see something like this:
Aug 22 12:48:00 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: [status] Broker b0 is now ready, connected brokers: [b0, b1] Aug 22 12:48:00 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: SEND b0 [request] <01fcf5b7c275ccb30d2cc1d12348fd43> /booter/declare i-77ed2c30 Aug 22 12:48:00 ip-10-167-282-852 monit[2220]: 'instance' start action done Aug 22 12:48:30 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: RESEND b0 [request] <cc7ad4dc83dba7f8d4480dc1b954aa44> /booter/declare i-77ed2c30, tries <01fcf5b7c275ccb30d2cc1d12348fd43> Aug 22 12:48:30 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: SEND b0 [request] <d26c5dfbbfaf9f25a063a63fd0b6be75> /mapper/ping Aug 22 12:48:31 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: RECV b0 [result] (2,131 bytes) <d26c5dfbbfaf9f25a063a63fd0b6be75> success Aug 22 12:50:30 ip-10-167-282-852 RightLink[2230]: RESEND b0 [request] <0ded6589e5b06dade327fcc78b2daf4g> /booter/declare i-77ed2c30, tries <01fcf5b7c275ccb30d2cc1d12348fd43>, <cc7ad4dc83dba7f8d4480dc1b954aa44>
Data Fetching EC2 User-Data EIP test for settled No EIP, current IP=67.202.55.15 done... Tuning runrightscripts for centos Running boot RightScripts Mon Nov 10 14:12:41 EST 2008 !!!!! ERROR PROCESSING RIGHTSCRIPTS: !!!!! undefined method `unpack' for {}:Hash /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/base64.rb:59:in `decode64'
This error indicates that you are using a V3.0 or earlier RightImageTM that has an empty RightScript. Check any scripts that you have added and make sure that they have at least one line of code. This error does not occur in V3.1 or higher instances.
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