Understanding flow states
A flow state is the current condition of the flow, such as "running" or "stopped". The flow state can display in the All Flows list. The state of a flow can also appear in the Data Collector log.
The following flow states often display in the All Flows list:
- Edited - The flow has been created or modified, and has not run since the last modification.
- Finished - The flow has completed all expected processing and has stopped running.
- Run error - The flow encountered an error while running and stopped.
- Running - The flow is running.
- Stopped - The flow was manually stopped.
- Start error - The flow encountered an error while starting and failed to start.
- Stop error - The flow encountered an error while stopping.
The following flow states are transient and rarely display in the All Flows list.
These states can display in the Data Collector log
when the flow logging level is set to Debug:
- Connecting - The flow is preparing to restart after restart.
- Disconnected - The flow is disconnected from external systems, typically because is restarting or shutting down.
- Disconnecting - The flow is in the process of disconnecting from external systems, typically because is restarting or shutting down.
- Finishing - The flow is in the process of finishing all expected processing.
- Retry - The flow is trying to run after encountering an error while running. This occurs only when the flow is configured for a retry upon error.
- Running error - The flow encounters errors while running.
- Starting - The flow is initializing, but hasn't started yet.
- Starting error - The flow encounters errors while starting.
- Stopping - The flow is in the process of stopping after a manual request to stop.
- Stopping error - The flow encounters errors while stopping.