在看 CPU credit 時發現 EC2 上有台 t2.micro
CPU credit 一直掉,但是上面沒有跑什麼東西,所以先在內部的 Trac 上開張 ticket 追蹤... 然後這種事情都是一開 ticket 就馬上想到了 @_@

首先發現這些 CPU credit 是超出 max quota 144 的限制 (參考 AWS 的文件「CPU Credits and Baseline Performance」),就馬上想到是因為 t2
系列的機器在開機時會贈送 CPU credit 以避免開機時太慢 (參考文件「T2 Standard」),而贈送的這塊會優先使用,但不吃 max quota:
Launch credits are spent first, before earned credits. Unspent launch credits are accrued in the CPU credit balance, but do not count towards the CPU credit balance limit.
另外系統對每個帳號有限制,每個帳號每 24 小時在每區有 100 次的贈送限制:
There is a limit to the number of times T2 Standard instances can receive launch credits. The default limit is 100 launches or starts of all T2 Standard instances combined per account, per region, per rolling 24-hour period.
新帳號可能會更低,隨著使用情況調昇:
New accounts may have a lower limit, which increases over time based on your usage.
所以就知道為什麼會緩緩下降了,在到 144 之前都應該是下降的趨勢...