States describe what the panel has observed, not what it hopes. See
Intent, truth and reconciliation.
| State | Terminal | Meaning |
|---|
pending | no | Queued, not claimed |
running | no | Executing; steps shows progress |
retry | no | Failed temporarily, scheduled again. Not a failure |
succeeded | yes | Done |
failed | yes | Out of attempts, or permanently rejected |
| State | Meaning |
|---|
creating | A job is building it |
running | Powered on |
stopped | Powered off |
deleting | In the deletion buffer, or being destroyed. Cancellable while the buffer lasts |
error | A job failed permanently; the message says why |
adopted | Existed before zone9; not fully managed |
| State | Meaning |
|---|
free | In a pool, not allocated to anyone |
reserved | In a pool but withheld — an operator marked it, usually because something on the edge still references it |
allocated | Belongs to an organisation, attached to nothing |
attaching / detaching | A job is moving it |
attached | In use by a machine |
Appliances carry both a state and a version pair.
| State | Meaning |
|---|
creating | The machine is being built |
ready | Running |
error | Creation failed, or the appliance reports a permanent apply failure |
deleting | Being removed |
Alongside it, intent version versus applied version: equal means converged,
different means the appliance has not yet loaded the latest configuration.
| State | Meaning |
|---|
pending | Waiting for the next issuance scan |
issuing | An ACME order is in progress |
ready | Valid; expires_at is set and renewal is scheduled 30 days ahead |
error | The last attempt failed; last_error says why and backoff applies |
| State | Meaning |
|---|
creating | Machines are being built and the cluster bootstrapped |
ready | Every node reported Ready to Kubernetes itself |
degraded | Measured and found wanting; the message names the nodes. Re-verify after fixing the cause |
deleting | Being removed — no buffer for clusters |
error | Creation failed permanently |
| State | Meaning |
|---|
creating | The machine is being built |
joining | Booted, not yet Ready in Kubernetes |
ready | Ready in Kubernetes |
draining / removing | Being taken out |
error | Permanent failure |
| State | Meaning |
|---|
creating | Nodes are being built |
ready | The cluster is up and the configuration applied |
degraded | At least one node is not applying |
deleting | Being removed |
error | Permanent failure |
Individual nodes additionally report a waiting reason during installation — “nodes
still announcing themselves (2/3)”. That is not an error; a multi-node store passes
through it every time.
| State | Meaning |
|---|
DNS namesilo | Records live at the registrar; the panel does not manage them |
DNS cloudflare | The zone is hosted by the platform; records are managed here |
DNS external | The zone is in your own provider account; the panel shows nothing |
dns_live false | Connected, but the internet still resolves the domain elsewhere |
