Updated on 2026-04-13 GMT+08:00

Instance Statuses

The status of an instance indicates the health of the instance. You can view the status of an instance on the console.

Table 1 Instance statuses

Status

Description

Available

The DB instance is available.

Abnormal

The instance is abnormal.

Creating

The instance is being created.

Creation failed

DB instance creation fails.

Restarting

The instance is being restarted.

Resetting password

The administrator password is being reset.

Adding node

Nodes are being added to an instance.

Deleting node

Nodes are being deleted from an instance.

Scaling storage space

The storage space of an instance is being scaled up.

Changing specifications

The vCPUs and memory of an instance are being changed.

Uploading backup

The backup file is being uploaded.

Backing up

A database backup is being created.

Checking restoration

The backup of the instance is being restored to a new instance.

Changing to yearly/monthly

The billing mode is being changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.

Changing to pay-per-use

The billing mode is being changed from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

Creating a DR cluster

A DR instance is being created.

Canceling DR relationship

A DR instance is being deleted.

Configuring SSL

SSL is being enabled or disabled.

Frozen

An instance is frozen when the account balance is less than or equal to $0 USD.

Unfreezing

Overdue payments are cleared, and the DB instance is being unfrozen.

Checking changes

The yearly/monthly instance is pending check when its billing mode is changed.

Storage full

  • Classic:

    When the following conditions are met, the instance enters the storage full state but write operations are still allowed:

    • Total storage ≥ 600 GB; available storage < 18 GB
    • Total storage < 600 GB; storage usage ≥ 97%

    The instance returns to the available state when the following conditions are met:

    • Total storage ≥ 600 GB; available storage ≥ 90 GB
    • Total storage < 600 GB; storage usage ≤ 85%
  • Cloud native:

    When the following conditions are met, storage fills up and the instance becomes read-only:

    • Total storage ≥ 16,000 GB; available storage < 480 GB
    • Total storage < 16,000 GB; storage usage ≥ 97%

    The instance will become available if the following conditions are met:

    • Total storage ≥ 16,000 GB; available storage ≥ 2,400 GB
    • Total storage < 16,000 GB; storage usage ≤ 85%