# RetentionTriggers
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 Defines the specific triggers that cause instances to be retained in a Retained state rather than terminated. Each trigger corresponds to a different failure scenario during the instance lifecycle. This allows fine-grained control over when to preserve instances for manual intervention. 

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 ** TerminateHookAbandon **   
 Specifies the action when a termination lifecycle hook is abandoned due to failure, timeout, or explicit abandonment (calling CompleteLifecycleAction).   
 Set to `retain` to move instances to a retained state. Set to `terminate` for default termination behavior.   
 Retained instances don't count toward desired capacity and remain until you call `TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup`.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `retain | terminate`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/autoscaling-2011-01-01/RetentionTriggers) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/autoscaling-2011-01-01/RetentionTriggers) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/autoscaling-2011-01-01/RetentionTriggers)