shutdown or halt), the VM is not stopped properly. Compute automatically reboots the VM and continues charging you for it. The service considers such a shutdown as a failure and therefore runs the recovery policy.
To stop a VM properly, use Nebius AI Cloud interfaces, for instance, the web console or a CLI command. Then, the VM is stopped reliably, and you are not charged for it. For more information, see How to stop and start Compute virtual machines.