Reference : status and badges

The present page provides detailed information about all the statuses an editor can encounter using Jahia, whether on content item, pages, files. Most of those statuses appear as badges (an icon + a label in a colored chip) but some can appear as border or overlays.

For each status the following tables explains it's meaning and why/how this status is set.

Status displayed by default on content items

Label / badge	Appear in	Meaning	Status comes from
Published	jContent Content Editor	The content exists both in staging and live repositories. It is visible by end-users	The system
Never published	jContent Content Editor	The content exists in staging only and has never been published yet	The system
Unpublished	jContent Content Editor	The content used to exist in both repositories but has been removed from the live one. It’s not visible by end-users anymore	The system, after a user action to unpublish
Modified	jContent Content Editor	The content has been modified since it’s last publication	The system, after any change has been made
Read only	jContent Content Editor	The content cannot be edited. But it can be opened in Content Editor displaying its properties.	The system, after a lock or because the user doesn’t have the write permission. Read-only property can also be set in the definition of a field (Protected) or through a json override at field or fieldset level.
Locked	jContent Content Editor	The content cannot be edited.	There can be different reasons for that : A manual lock has been set manually by a user The content is marked for deletion An import is on-going Someone is currently editing the content An automatic lock has been set because the content is involved in a publication workflow
Work in progress	jContent Content Editor	The content has been flagged as “Work In Progress” by an editor, for the current language (at least). As a consequence it can be edited but cannot be published until that status is activated.	Manually, it’s the consequence of a user action
Warning	jContent Content Editor	For some reason, the content cannot be published	There are 5 different cases for that A mandatory property in a mandatory language is not filled After an import a mandatory field is empty Content will be visible live only when all mandatory languages are published. A content with the same name already exists in Live, there is a conflict. The publication status is unknown / can not be recovered.
Marked for deletion	jContent Content Editor	The content has been flagged as “To be deleted” by an editor. Read the documentation about deletion.	Manually, it’s the consequence of a user action
Unsaved changes	Content editor	Some properties (fields) have been modified but are not saved yet	The system, after any change has been made on the properties in Content Editor
Not visible in the current language	Page Builder	Overlay showing that the item will not be displayed to end-users	Manually, it’s the consequence of a user action

Using the status dropdown in Page Builder

Label	Appear	Meaning	Status comes from
Not translated	An orange border on a content item in Page Builder (visual mode).	The item is not translated in the current language.	The system.
Has visibility conditions	On a content item in Page Builder	The item has conditions set that will make him appear or not for end-users	Manually, it’s the consequence of a user action, setting a time or channel visibility condition
Has permissions	On a content item in Page Builder	The item has specific permissions (whether it’s in live or staging)	Manually, it’s the consequence of a user action to break permissions inhéritance and set custom permissions on the item

Status displayed on properties (fields) in Content Editor

Label	Appear	Meaning	Status comes from
Shared in all languages	On a property in Content Editor	The value of the property is, by construction, identical in all languages	Specified in the content definition
Read only	On a property in Content Editor	The value is not editable	The system, it’s a consequence of a lock, manual or automatic. Can be specified also in the definition (protected)
Mandatory	On a property in Content Editor	The value must be filled	The property is empty, while set as mandatory in the content definition.