In plain English
It means the request is in a waiting state after being sent. Someone or something has received it, but work on it or a decision on it is not finished yet.
In context
Here, pending communicates that the item has already been created and is still waiting to be processed or decided.
- Situation
- Reading processing, queue, validation, success, warning, and error messages
- What it communicates
- marks the item as created but still waiting for the next step
Meaning limits
By itself, pending does not say when processing or a decision will happen, or what the final outcome will be.
Examples
“Their request for extra chairs is still pending a day after they sent it in.”
“A pending refund request sat on the manager's desk all morning.”