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action required

Action required is a status indicating that a task or process is waiting for a user to do something before it can continue or be completed.

In plain English

This means something has paused and is not moving forward on its own. A person needs to do something for it to continue. Until that happens, the task stays waiting.

In context

Here, it communicates that the process is paused and cannot continue until the user does something.

Situation
Reading processing, queue, validation, success, warning, and error messages
What it communicates
signals that the process cannot continue without a user step

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not identify the specific action the user needs to take.

Examples

“The repair request sat in action required until the tenant answered the follow-up question.”

Core meaning

“Once the booking moves to action required, it stays paused until the buyer responds.”

In context

  • status Broader Term

    A general category for labels that show the current state of a task or process.

  • completed Contrast

    This marks a finished state, not one that still depends on a user step.