---
title: "Resume a paused database"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/databases/{database_id}/resume"
tags: ["Managed Databases"]
---

# Resume a paused database

`POST /api/v1/databases/{database_id}/resume`

Wake a free-tier database that was suspended for idleness (no client
connections for 7 days). The database returns through `deploying` and
reaches `running` in about a minute; all data is preserved.

## Path parameters

- `database_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Resume started

- object
  - `database` ManagedDatabase — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `400` — The database is not paused
- `404` — Database not found

## Changes

- **2026-08-20** `efd3c11c5c92` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/rafftechnologies/apis/raff-api/changes/api/v1/databases/:database_id/resume/post.md)

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