All Products
Search
Document Center

PolarDB:Scheduled tasks

Last Updated:Jul 14, 2026

You can schedule certain maintenance operations, such as a cluster upgrade, adding a node, a version upgrade, or changing the primary zone, to run at a specific time. After a scheduled task is created, you can view or cancel it in the PolarDB console.

Notes

  • You can view details for the following types of scheduled tasks:

  • You can only cancel tasks with a Status of Pending. You cannot cancel scheduled tasks for downgrade operations, such as deleting a node or performing an automatic or manual downgrade.

View scheduled tasks

  1. Log in to the PolarDB console

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Clusters

  3. In the upper-left corner, select the region where the cluster is deployed.

  4. In the left navigation pane, click Scheduled Tasks.

  5. The Scheduled Tasks page shows the details of all scheduled tasks in the region, including Task ID, Status, Task Action, Start Time, End Time, and Execution Time.

    Note
    • The Task Action column indicates the corresponding API operation. The following Task Action are supported:

      • ModifyDBClusterPrimaryZone (change the primary zone)

      • ModifyDBNodeClass (cluster upgrade)

      • CreateDBNodes (add a node)

      • UpgradeDBClusterVersion (version upgrade)

    • The Order ID appears only when the Task Action is ModifyDBNodeClass or CreateDBNodes.

Cancel a scheduled task

  1. Log in to the PolarDB console

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, click Clusters

  3. In the upper-left corner, select the region where the cluster is deployed.

  4. In the left navigation pane, click Scheduled Tasks.

  5. On the Scheduled Tasks page, find the task that you want to cancel. In the Actions column, click Cancel.

    Note

    You can only cancel tasks with a Status of Pending. You cannot cancel scheduled tasks for downgrade operations, such as deleting a node or performing an automatic or manual downgrade.

  6. In the confirmation dialog box, click OK.

Related APIs

API

Description

DescribeScheduleTasks

Returns details of all or specified scheduled tasks for your account.

CancelScheduleTasks

Cancels a specified scheduled task.