Yes - so i'm not sure why it doesn't seem to actually happen to me, my instance definitely sits idle like that a lot. All free Oracle accounts must have a payme

Yes - so i'm not sure why it doesn't seem to actually happen to me, my instance definitely sits idle like that a lot. All free Oracle accounts must have a payment method, it was mandatory when creating the account. Screenshot of my "Always Free" banner in the Oracle web interface: https://imgur.com/a/hTZfkek https://imgur.com/a/hTZfkek