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.
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 | Billed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| available | Billed |
The DB cluster is healthy and available. When an Aurora Serverless cluster is available and paused, you're billed for storage only. |
| backing-up | Billed |
The DB cluster is currently being backed up. |
| backtracking | Billed |
The DB cluster is currently being backtracked. This status only applies to Aurora MySQL. |
| cloning-failed | Not billed |
Cloning a DB cluster failed. |
| creating | Not billed |
The DB cluster is being created. The DB cluster is inaccessible while it is being created. |
| deleting | Not billed |
The DB cluster is being deleted. |
| failing-over | Billed |
A failover from the primary instance to an Aurora Replica is being performed. |
| inaccessible-encryption-credentials | Not billed |
The AWS Key Management Service customer master key (CMK) used to encrypt or decrypt the DB cluster can't be accessed. |
| maintenance | Billed |
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 | Billed |
A DB cluster snapshot is being restored to a DB cluster. |
| migration-failed | Not billed |
A migration failed. |
| modifying | Billed |
The DB cluster is being modified because of a customer request to modify the DB cluster. |
| promoting | Billed |
A read replica is being promoted to a standalone DB cluster. |
| renaming | Billed |
The DB cluster is being renamed because of a customer request to rename it. |
| resetting-master-credentials | Billed |
The master credentials for the DB cluster are being reset because of a customer request to reset them. |
| starting | Billed for storage |
The DB cluster is starting. |
| stopped | Billed for storage |
The DB cluster is stopped. |
| stopping | Billed for storage |
The DB cluster is being stopped. |
| update-iam-db-auth | Billed |
IAM authorization for the DB cluster is being updated. |
| upgrading | Billed |
The DB cluster engine version is being upgraded. |
