Database statuses

A database can have one of several statuses. Each status has a different impact on your ability to use the database.

In the Astra Portal, go to Databases to see the status of all your databases. To see the status of a specific database, select the database in the navigation menu.

Active

Active status means your database is available and ready to use.

Paused statuses

There are several paused statuses that indicate a database is unavailable.

Hibernated

For Astra DB organizations on the Free plan, any databases that are idle for more than 48 hours are automatically paused and enter Hibernated status.

You must resume a hibernated database to continue using it.

Astra Portal
Astra CLI

There are two ways to resume hibernated databases in the Astra Portal:

To resume all databases, go to Databases, and then click Resume Databases.
To resume individual databases, select the database in the navigation menu, and then click Resume Database.

It can take a few minutes for a hibernated database to resume and return to Active status.

You can use the Astra CLI to resume hibernated databases:

astra db resume DATABASE_NAME

Replace DATABASE_NAME with the name of the hibernated database.

For more information, see the Astra CLI documentation.

Database hibernation occurs on Free plans only. To avoid hibernation, and get access to additional Astra DB functionality, upgrade your plan.

For Astra DB organizations on the Free plan, databases are suspended if your monthly credits run out. To reactivate a Suspended database, you must provide a payment method or wait for your monthly free credits to refresh. For more information, see Subscriptions and billing.

Error

Error status indicates something is wrong with the database. Contact DataStax Support.

Parked (deprecated)

A Parked database is unavailable unless unparked. Due to deprecation of the park and unpark features, if the database fails to unpark, you must terminate the database and create a new one.

Terminated

A database in Terminated status is deleted and permanently unavailable. You can’t restore deleted databases.

Transitional statuses

Databases can enter various transitional statuses while some operations complete or the database transitions from one static status to another.

Initializing

When you create a database, it remains in Initializing status while being provisioned. It can take some time for new Astra DB Classic databases to be provisioned.

Once provisioning is complete, the database enters Active status.

Maintenance/Resuming

A database passes through Maintenance and Resuming status while entering and exiting Hibernated status.

Resizing

When you resize a database, it enters Resizing status while scaling up. Database functionality is limited while resizing.

Terminating

When you delete a database, it enters Terminating status while the database and all of its data are being deleted.