diff --git a/src/inc/tsdb.h b/src/inc/tsdb.h
index be73d8d383..85f9b3bdc7 100644
--- a/src/inc/tsdb.h
+++ b/src/inc/tsdb.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #define TSDB_STATUS_COMMIT_START 1
 #define TSDB_STATUS_COMMIT_OVER 2
 
+// TSDB STATE DEFINITION
+#define TSDB_STATE_OK 0x0
+#define TSDB_STATE_BAD_FILE 0x1
+
 // --------- TSDB APPLICATION HANDLE DEFINITION
 typedef struct {
   void *appH;
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ int32_t      tsdbDropRepo(char *rootDir);
 TSDB_REPO_T *tsdbOpenRepo(char *rootDir, STsdbAppH *pAppH);
 void         tsdbCloseRepo(TSDB_REPO_T *repo, int toCommit);
 int32_t      tsdbConfigRepo(TSDB_REPO_T *repo, STsdbCfg *pCfg);
+int          tsdbGetState(TSDB_REPO_T *repo);
 
 // --------- TSDB TABLE DEFINITION
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbFile.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbFile.c
index 1009a61e86..930c64c030 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbFile.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbFile.c
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ static void tsdbInitFileGroup(SFileGroup *pFGroup, STsdbRepo *pRepo) {
       memset(&pFGroup->files[type].info, 0, sizeof(STsdbFileInfo));
       pFGroup->files[type].info.magic = TSDB_FILE_INIT_MAGIC;
       pFGroup->state = 1;
+      pRepo->state = TSDB_STATE_BAD_FILE;
       terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_FILE_CORRUPTED;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 294df10edb..a1e6376304 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ TSDB_REPO_T *tsdbOpenRepo(char *rootDir, STsdbAppH *pAppH) {
   }
 
   tsdbStartStream(pRepo);
-  // pRepo->state = TSDB_REPO_STATE_ACTIVE;
 
   tsdbDebug("vgId:%d open tsdb repository succeed!", REPO_ID(pRepo));
 
@@ -341,6 +340,10 @@ void tsdbReportStat(void *repo, int64_t *totalPoints, int64_t *totalStorage, int
   *compStorage = pRepo->stat.compStorage;
 }
 
+int tsdbGetState(TSDB_REPO_T *repo) {
+  return ((STsdbRepo *)repo)->state;
+}
+
 // ----------------- INTERNAL FUNCTIONS -----------------
 char *tsdbGetMetaFileName(char *rootDir) {
   int   tlen = (int)(strlen(rootDir) + strlen(TSDB_META_FILE_NAME) + 2);
@@ -661,6 +664,8 @@ static STsdbRepo *tsdbNewRepo(char *rootDir, STsdbAppH *pAppH, STsdbCfg *pCfg) {
     goto _err;
   }
 
+  pRepo->state = TSDB_STATE_OK;
+
   int code = pthread_mutex_init(&pRepo->mutex, NULL);
   if (code != 0) {
     terrno = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(code);