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Our Development server DB suddenly disappeared for no apparent reason

Peter Lamming 0 Reputation points
2026-04-07T17:39:48.9466667+00:00

Our Development server DB suddenly disappeared for no apparent reason. We see that there was some maintenance scheduled for the service and we were wondering if this had something to do with it? We want to make sure it's not an issue with the actual server before we go through the process of restoring the DB.

We also want to know WHY our DB was deleted with out our knowledge. Thankfully this was Dev and not Production, but this would be a SERIOUS issue if it had been Prod.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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  1. Manoj Kumar Boyini 11,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-07T19:47:14.1533333+00:00

    Hi @Peter Lamming

    Glad to hear the database is visible again. In rare cases, you may see temporary inconsistencies in the Portal or ARM (control‑plane) when:

    • A unplanned maintenance event is in progress
    • The underlying container/node becomes briefly unhealthy and needs to restart
    • An operation (create/update/delete) is being processed and the ARM state gets delayed or stuck

    During these situations, the data‑plane (your actual PostgreSQL server) remains intact, but the Portal/ARM view may temporarily show missing or incorrect resource state until synchronization completes. Once the backend state fully re-syncs, the database appears normally again which is what you observed.

    If you notice this happening again or see delays longer than expected, please let us know and we can help investigate further.

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  2. Peter Lamming 0 Reputation points
    2026-04-07T17:58:23.6+00:00

    The issue seems to have been resolved now. the database finally came back up after a few hours.

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