Ubuntu pro machine count?

[Zack Fosdyck]

Hi Josef,

It’s my belief the “2 machines attached” you’re seeing is the rolling
active machine count (machines that pinged in the last ~24 hours), not two
seats permanently consumed. Reinstalls or re-attaches can briefly show
duplicates until the old entry ages out. It shouldn’t reduce your 5 free
entitlements. If you’re reinstalling, you can run pro detach first and then
pro attach <token> after the rebuild; if a ghost entry lingers, it
typically clears within a day. If it doesn’t, detach/reattach once more and
it should corrected.

Take Care Now,

Zac


On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have subscribed to the free Ubuntu-pro providing pro service for 5
> machines
> and have attached one machine to the service.
>
> But the ubuntu pro dashboard tells me, two machines are attached.
>
> Why that? If every machine is counted twice, I will be able to attach only
> two
> machines?
>
> Waht will happen when I reinstall this machine? Will the old subscription
> vanish, or will it sill consume those two subscriptions?
>
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