DB Instance Statuses

The status of a DB instance indicates the health of the DB instance. You can use the management console or API to view the status of a DB instance.

**Table 1** DB instance statuses
Status	Description
Available	A DB instance is available.
Abnormal	A DB instance is abnormal.
Creating	A DB instance is being created.
Cloning	A DB instance is being cloned.
Creation failed	A DB instance has failed to be created.
Available (synchronizing data)	A DB instance is in the process of being restored. This status is only for RDS for SQL Server read replicas and is displayed only on the console.
Switchover in progress	A standby DB instance is being switched over to the primary DB instance.
Changing type to primary/standby	A single-node DB instance is being changed to a primary/standby DB instance.
Rebooting	A DB instance is being rebooted.
Changing port	A DB instance port is being changed.
Changing instance class	The CPU or memory of a DB instance is being modified.
Changing proxy instance class	The CPU or memory of a DB proxy instance is being modified.
Scaling up	Storage space of a DB instance is being scaled up.
Backing up	A DB instance is being backed up.
Restoring	A DB instance is in the process of being restored from a backup.
Restore failed	A DB instance fails to be restored.
Frozen	A DB instance is frozen when your account balance is less than or equal to $0 USD. Retained frozen DB instances are unfrozen only after your account is recharged and the overdue payments are cleared.
Storage full	Storage space of a DB instance is full. Data cannot be written to databases. You need to scale up the storage space to make the instance available.
Deleted	A DB instance has been deleted and will not be displayed in the instance list.
Upgrading minor version	A DB instance minor version is being upgraded.
Upgrading	A DB engine version is being upgraded.
Promoting to primary	A read replica is being promoted to a primary DB instance.
Parameter change. Pending reboot	A modification to a database parameter is waiting for an instance reboot before it can take effect.
Stopping	A DB instance is being stopped.
Stopped	A DB instance has been stopped. It can be stopped for up to seven days. You can manually restart it or it will be automatically restarted after seven days.
Starting	A stopped DB instance is being started.
Changing read/write permissions of the instance	The read/write permissions of a DB instance are being changed.
Forced to read-only	A DB instance is set to read-only and operations that cause data changes, such as data writes and updates, are not allowed for the instance.