diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/DiskManagement/fields/DiskSizeField.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/DiskManagement/fields/DiskSizeField.tsx
index b1d1e2a6589..1fe4709a778 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/DiskManagement/fields/DiskSizeField.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/DiskManagement/fields/DiskSizeField.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { DocsButton } from 'components/ui/DocsButton'
 import { useDiskAttributesQuery } from 'data/config/disk-attributes-query'
 import { useDiskUtilizationQuery } from 'data/config/disk-utilization-query'
 import { useOrgSubscriptionQuery } from 'data/subscriptions/org-subscription-query'
+import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import { useSelectedOrganization } from 'hooks/misc/useSelectedOrganization'
+import { useSelectedProject } from 'hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
 import { GB } from 'lib/constants'
 import { Button, FormControl_Shadcn_, FormField_Shadcn_, Input_Shadcn_, Skeleton, cn } from 'ui'
 import { FormItemLayout } from 'ui-patterns/form/FormItemLayout/FormItemLayout'
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ export function DiskSizeField({
   const { ref: projectRef } = useParams()
   const { control, formState, setValue, trigger, getValues, resetField, watch } = form
   const org = useSelectedOrganization()
+  const project = useSelectedProject()
 
   const {
     isLoading: isLoadingDiskAttributes,
@@ -59,6 +62,12 @@ export function DiskSizeField({
   const error = subscriptionError || diskUtilError || diskAttributesError
   const isError = isSubscriptionError || isDiskUtilizationError || isDiskAttributesError
 
+  // coming up typically takes 5 minutes, and the request is cached for 5 mins
+  // so doing less than 10 mins to account for both
+  const isProjectNew =
+    dayjs.utc().diff(dayjs.utc(project?.inserted_at), 'minute') < 10 ||
+    project?.status === 'COMING_UP'
+
   const watchedStorageType = watch('storageType')
   const watchedTotalSize = watch('totalSize')
 
@@ -174,11 +183,20 @@ export function DiskSizeField({
       </div>
       <div className="col-span-8">
         <DiskSpaceBar form={form} />
-        {error && (
-          <FormMessage message="Failed to load disk size data" type="error">
-            {error?.message}
-          </FormMessage>
+
+        {isProjectNew ? (
+          <FormMessage
+            message="Disk size data is not available for ~10 minutes after project creation"
+            type="error"
+          />
+        ) : (
+          error && (
+            <FormMessage message="Failed to load disk size data" type="error">
+              {error?.message}
+            </FormMessage>
+          )
         )}
+
         <DiskManagementDiskSizeReadReplicas
           isDirty={formState.dirtyFields.totalSize !== undefined}
           totalSize={(formState.defaultValues?.totalSize || 0) * 1.25}