# (7.10) alert status meaning

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-10-alert-status-meaning/260095>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-10-alert-status-meaning/260095 "2021-01-04T13:25:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![dao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@dao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dao)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-10-alert-status-meaning/260095/1 "2021-01-04T13:25:34Z")

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Hello,

I am playing with the alert feature of kibana (beta).

My alert is in the `pending` status. What is the meaning? I'd like to see it as `active`

More generally, I did not find a documentation on the status meaning

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-10-alert-status-meaning/260095/2 "2021-01-06T16:58:27Z")

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Hello,

When alerts are newly created they are given a `pending` status. Currently the status page does not dynamically update. Have you tried refreshing the page to see if your alert has changed status?

Regards,  
Aaron

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-10-alert-status-meaning/260095/3 "2021-02-03T16:58:30Z")

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