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Conversation statuses

Every conversation shows one status badge, in the Status column of Conversations and next to its name on its own page. The badge tells you whether processing is still under way, whether someone needs to approve the result, and whether anything went wrong.

The lifecycle​

Voice conversation lifecycleAn uploaded or imported recording starts as Queued and becomes Running when its first stage starts. If a stage stops responding it goes to Paused, and Resume sends it back to Running. If a required stage fails it goes to Exception. If an optional stage fails it goes to Partially completed. Otherwise it finishes as Waiting for review when the application requires review, and Approve moves it to Completed, or it goes straight to Completed when review is off. Retry, Re-run or Flag and Retry sends a conversation that is not approved back to Queued.a stage startsa stage stallsResumea requiredstage failsreview onan optionalstage failsreview offApproveRetry orFlag & RetryUpload or importQueuedRunningPausedExceptionWaiting for reviewPartially completedCompleted
Where a conversation can go next from each status. Flag & Retry also sends a conversation back from Waiting for review or Partially completed.

What each status means​

Each status is shown in the colours of its badge in the product.

StatusWhat it meansWhat you can do
QueuedAccepted, and waiting for its first stage to start.Wait.
RunningA stage is working on it. The badge usually names the stage instead: Transcribing, Mapping speakers, Redacting, Classifying, Understanding, Embedding or Exporting.Wait. Nothing can be edited until processing ends.
PausedA stage stopped responding and processing was paused. The badge names the stage, as in Understand · timed out.Select Resume in its row menu or on its page. It carries on from that stage and nothing earlier is lost.
Waiting for reviewProcessing finished, and the application needs a person to approve the result.Review it, then select Approve.
CompletedApproved, either by a reviewer or automatically because review is off.Nothing. An approved conversation is locked.
Partially completedA stage the result can do without (Speaker map, Classify or KB embed) failed, but the rest finished and the outputs exist.Hover the badge for the stage and the reason, then run it again or approve it as it is.
ExceptionA stage the result depends on failed: Transcribe, Understand, or PII redact when its failure mode is fail_closed.Hover the badge for the reason, fix the cause, then open it and select Retry.

The Status (All) filter on Conversations uses the same names, except that it groups every running conversation under Processing.

Stage statuses​

Along the top of a conversation's page, the Pipeline row marks each stage with an icon, and the Processing table on its Details tab names each stage's status in words.

Stage statusIconWhat it means
PendingEmpty grey circleNot reached yet.
RunningSpinningIn progress.
Timed outAmber clockStopped responding. The conversation is Paused at this stage.
DoneGreen tickFinished.
SkippedEmpty grey circleNot used by this application, or not reached because an earlier stage failed.
FailedRed crossErrored. The Details tab gives the reason.

Knowledge base badges​

When existing conversations are being added to a knowledge base that was attached later, a second badge can appear beside the status. It never changes the status itself. See Attaching a knowledge base.

BadgeWhat it means
Waiting to embedWill be added once the conversation finishes processing.
KB queuedQueued to be added.
EmbeddingBeing added now.
EmbeddedIn the knowledge base. Shown on the Details tab only.
Embed failedCould not be added. Hover it for the reason.
Embed skippedLeft out, for example because the transcript is empty.

Keeping the list up to date​

While any row is queued, running, paused or being embedded, Conversations checks again every few seconds by itself. An open conversation updates as each stage finishes.

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