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PolarDB:Instance statuses

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

The following table lists all possible states of a PolarDB instance. Use this reference to determine what is happening to your instance and whether any action is required.

State Description
Creating The instance is being created.
Running The instance is running.
Deleting The instance is being deleted.
Rebooting The instance is restarting.
DBInstanceClassChanging The instance class is being upgraded or downgraded.
TRANSING The instance is being migrated.
EngineVersionUpgrading The database engine version is being upgraded.
TransingToOthers The data of the PolarDB-X instance is being migrated to an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
GuardDBInstanceCreating A disaster recovery instance is being created for the instance.
Restoring The instance is being restored from a backup.
Importing Data is being imported to the instance.
ImportingFromOthers Data is being imported to the PolarDB-X instance from an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
DBInstanceNetTypeChanging The network type of the instance is being changed.
GuardSwitching A failover operation is being performed for the instance in a disaster recovery scenario.
INS_CLONING The instance is being cloned.
Released The instance is released.