How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16769: the physical standby database is open read-only?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16769: the physical standby database is open read-only with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16769: the physical standby database is open read-only

Reason for the Error ORA-16769: the physical standby database is open read-only

All instances in the physical standby database were put into a read-only state instead of APPLY-OFF.

How to fix the Error ORA-16769: the physical standby database is open read-only ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Issue the EDIT DATABASE SET STATE command to set the database to the APPLY-OFF state.