DB Cluster Status

The status of a DB cluster indicates the health of the DB cluster. You can view the status of a DB cluster by using the Amazon RDS console, the AWS CLI command describe-db-clusters, or the API operation DescribeDBClusters.

Note

Aurora also uses another status called maintenance status, which is shown in the Maintenance column of the Amazon RDS console. This value indicates the status of any maintenance patches that need to be applied to a DB cluster. Maintenance status is independent of DB cluster status. For more information on maintenance status, see Applying Updates for a DB Cluster.

Find the possible status values for DB clusters in the following table.

DB Cluster Status	Description
available	The DB cluster is healthy and available.
backing-up	The DB cluster is currently being backed up.
backtracking	The DB cluster is currently being backtracked. This status only applies to Aurora MySQL.
cloning-failed	Cloning a DB cluster failed.
creating	The DB cluster is being created. The DB cluster is inaccessible while it is being created.
deleting	The DB cluster is being deleted.
failing-over	A failover from the primary instance to an Aurora Replica is being performed.
inaccessible-encryption-credentials	The AWS KMS key used to encrypt or decrypt the DB cluster can't be accessed.
maintenance	Amazon RDS is applying a maintenance update to the DB cluster. This status is used for DB cluster-level maintenance that RDS schedules well in advance.
migrating	A DB cluster snapshot is being restored to a DB cluster.
migration-failed	A migration failed.
modifying	The DB cluster is being modified because of a customer request to modify the DB cluster.
promoting	A read replica is being promoted to a standalone DB cluster.
renaming	The DB cluster is being renamed because of a customer request to rename it.
resetting-master-credentials	The master credentials for the DB cluster are being reset because of a customer request to reset them.
starting	The DB cluster is starting.
stopped	The DB cluster is stopped.
stopping	The DB cluster is being stopped.
update-iam-db-auth	IAM authorization for the DB cluster is being updated.
upgrading	The DB cluster engine version is being upgraded.