Your Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible server is currently unavailable. We are working to resolve the problem

Question

At Thursday 26 March 2026 at 10:02:11 pm CET, the Azure monitoring system received the following information regarding your Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server:

Your Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible server is currently unavailable. We are working to resolve the problem.

Recommended Steps

• If your server is experiencing any problem, please use the Troubleshooting tool to get recommended solutions
• If your Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible server instance is not available, contact support

Note that i am reaching out on 27 March at 10:24 AM, and it is still not resolved. The database is down and i am not able to stop or restart it.

What is the issue here? How long until i can expect this to be up and running again?

Answer 1

Hi Adrian Brenne

At this point, the server unavailability appears to be related to an underlying platform issue, and recovery may take additional time. While the service team continues to work on bringing the existing server back online, there is no guaranteed ETA for full availability.

As an alternative to reduce downtime, you may consider performing a Point‑in‑Time Restore (PITR) to restore the database to a new PostgreSQL Flexible Server using a timestamp prior to the issue. This allows you to bring the workload back online sooner while the original server recovery is still in progress.

Please note that PITR creates a new server, and application connection strings would need to be updated accordingly.

Let us know if you would like guidance on initiating a PITR or need help selecting an appropriate restore point.

Answer 2

I think ur server’s stuck in Azure’s storage‑recovery loop, so nothing in the portal can unfreeze it. pls try to use PITR in the portal to bring up a clean server, and if that still fails, support needs to inspect the backend logs.