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Operating

Actor Statuses

Understand the lifecycle statuses of Rivet Actors, what they mean, and how to troubleshoot common issues.

Statuses

StatusDescription
StartingThe Rivet Actor has been created but is not yet accepting connections.
RunningThe Rivet Actor is live and accepting connections.
SleepingThe Rivet Actor went to sleep after a period of inactivity. It wakes automatically on the next request.
PendingThe Rivet Actor is waiting for a node. This happens when no node in its node pool is connected. See Troubleshooting for common causes.
CrashedThe Rivet Actor failed to start or hit a fatal error. See Troubleshooting for common failure reasons.
DestroyedThe Rivet Actor was destroyed.