{"id":"settings.what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean","url":"/faq/settings/what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean","category":{"id":"settings","title":"Settings & keep-time"},"subcategory":{"id":"background-activity","title":"Job Insights and background activity"},"question":"What do Healthy, Working, Ready and Needs attention mean in Job Insights?","alt_questions":["Job Insights needs attention","Job Insights status meaning","Working pill storage studio","Background job needs attention"],"short_answer":"Healthy means running fine, Working… means busy now, Ready means idle until its next run, and Needs attention means something went wrong — expand the card to read the issue.","answer_markdown":"Each card in Job Insights has a status pill:\n\n- **Healthy** — it's running fine.\n- **Working…** — it's busy right now.\n- **Ready** — idle and ready for its next run.\n- **Needs attention** — something went wrong that's worth a look.\n\nOpen a card's expandable section to read any issues in plain English, along with short insights. Anything that needs a look opens automatically.","answer_html":"<p>Each card in Job Insights has a status pill:</p>\n<ul><li><strong>Healthy</strong> — it&#39;s running fine.</li><li><strong>Working…</strong> — it&#39;s busy right now.</li><li><strong>Ready</strong> — idle and ready for its next run.</li><li><strong>Needs attention</strong> — something went wrong that&#39;s worth a look.</li></ul>\n<p>Open a card&#39;s expandable section to read any issues in plain English, along with short insights. Anything that needs a look opens automatically.</p>","answer_text":"Each card in Job Insights has a status pill:\n\n- Healthy — it's running fine.\n- Working… — it's busy right now.\n- Ready — idle and ready for its next run.\n- Needs attention — something went wrong that's worth a look.\n\nOpen a card's expandable section to read any issues in plain English, along with short insights. Anything that needs a look opens automatically.","tags":["job insights","status","troubleshooting"],"related":[{"id":"settings.what-is-job-insights","question":"What is Job Insights in Storage Studio?","url":"/faq/settings/what-is-job-insights"}],"applies_to":"all","last_reviewed":"2026-10-01","title":"What do Healthy, Working, Ready and Needs attention mean in Job Insights? — Storage Studio FAQ","description":"Healthy means running fine, Working… means busy now, Ready means idle until its next run, and Needs attention means something went wrong — expand the card to read the issue.","crumbs":[{"name":"Home","path":"/"},{"name":"FAQ","path":"/faq/"},{"name":"Settings & keep-time","path":"/faq/settings/"},{"name":"What do Healthy, Working, Ready and Needs attention mean in Job Insights?","path":"/faq/settings/what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean"}],"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","url":"https://storagestudio.us/faq/settings/what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-10-01","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What do Healthy, Working, Ready and Needs attention mean in Job Insights?","alternateName":["Job Insights needs attention","Job Insights status meaning","Working pill storage studio","Background job needs attention"],"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each card in Job Insights has a status pill:\n\n- Healthy — it's running fine.\n- Working… — it's busy right now.\n- Ready — idle and ready for its next run.\n- Needs attention — something went wrong that's worth a look.\n\nOpen a card's expandable section to read any issues in plain English, along with short insights. 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keep-time</a> · <a href=\"/faq/settings/#background-activity\">Job Insights and background activity</a></p>\n<h1>What do Healthy, Working, Ready and Needs attention mean in Job Insights?</h1>\n<p class=\"fl-short\"><strong>Short answer:</strong> Healthy means running fine, Working… means busy now, Ready means idle until its next run, and Needs attention means something went wrong — expand the card to read the issue.</p>\n<div class=\"fl-answer\"><p>Each card in Job Insights has a status pill:</p>\n<ul><li><strong>Healthy</strong> — it&#39;s running fine.</li><li><strong>Working…</strong> — it&#39;s busy right now.</li><li><strong>Ready</strong> — idle and ready for its next run.</li><li><strong>Needs attention</strong> — something went wrong that&#39;s worth a look.</li></ul>\n<p>Open a card&#39;s expandable section to read any issues in plain English, along with short insights. Anything that needs a look opens automatically.</p></div>\n\n<p class=\"fl-meta\">Last reviewed <time datetime=\"2026-10-01\">October 1, 2026</time></p>\n\n<section class=\"fl-related\"><h2>Related questions</h2><ul><li><a href=\"/faq/settings/what-is-job-insights\">What is Job Insights in Storage Studio?</a></li></ul></section>\n<p class=\"fl-formats\">Also available as <a href=\"/faq/settings/what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean.md\">Markdown</a> and <a href=\"/faq/settings/what-do-job-insights-status-pills-mean.json\">JSON</a>.</p>\n</article></div></div></div>"}