Database Recovery Pending Hot! File

This will tell you the extent of the damage.

The most frequent cause. If a drive letter changed, a network share is offline, or the files were moved, SQL Server cannot find them.

On virtual machines (like Azure VMs), a race condition can occur where SQL Server starts before the storage subsystem has fully attached the data disks. database recovery pending

Also check:

⚠️ Not to be confused with Suspect mode (integrity issue) or Recovering (normal startup). This will tell you the extent of the damage

Ensure drive holding tempdb , data, or log has enough space.

If CHECKDB reports errors, try the least invasive repair first. On virtual machines (like Azure VMs), a race

If the drive hosting your transaction logs is 100% full, SQL Server cannot write the necessary recovery markers, causing it to "give up" until space is cleared.