You are unable to delete your Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster in the DEAD status if it has deletion protection enabled
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Updated at December 17, 2025
Issue description
- You are unable to delete a cluster in the
DEADstatus because it has deletion protection enabled. - Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster switched to the
UNKNOWNstatus right after it was created, and you are unable to delete it from the management console .
Solution
If your cluster status is DEAD or UNKNOWN, you can disable its deletion protection by running this YC CLI command:
yc managed-postgresql cluster update --deletion-protection=false <CLUSTER_ID>
Once done, you can delete this cluster as follows:
yc managed-postgresql cluster delete <CLUSTER_ID>
If the issue persists
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