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Green means a part is running, yellow means it's waiting and should recover by itself, and red means it needs you.

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Yellow is usually nothing to worry about. Red is worth reading straight away.

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Settings & keep-time · Services and self-healing

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What do the green, yellow and red dots mean in Settings → Services?

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Short answer: Green means running normally, yellow means waiting or paused and expected to recover by itself, and red means stopped or needs your attention — the row's detail line says what to do.

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Green means a part is running, yellow means it's waiting and should recover by itself, and red means it needs you.

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  • Green — running. The part is working or idle and ready. Nothing to do.
  • Yellow — sleeping or waiting. It's paused, waiting for a connection, or can't act right now but should recover by itself — for example while your external drive is unplugged.
  • Red — stopped or needs attention. Something needs you; the row's second line says what to do, and some rows offer a button that fixes it in place.
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Yellow is usually nothing to worry about. Red is worth reading straight away.

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