Contribution Lifecycle and Status
Definition
Contribution status, task status, expert-runtime state, and checkpoint state describe different layers. Read them together before diagnosing delay or declaring completion.
Fields, states, or lifecycle rules
Contribution status
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
PREPARING_DIRECTION | Teammately is planning the direction and requested work |
AWAITING_DIRECTION_ALIGNMENT | An administrator decision or alignment is required |
MATERIALIZING_TASKS | The confirmed plan is becoming executable expert activities |
READY | Work is prepared and available to the expert |
IN_PROGRESS | At least part of the expert work is active |
COMPLETED | Required expert work and finalization reached the durable terminal state |
CANCELLED | Further work was stopped while preserving the record |
Planned activities can be Case Review, Form, Chat, or Interview. An individual review task can be preparing, blocked, ready, in progress, completed, skipped, or superseded. A superseded task remains provenance for what changed; it should not be counted as current outstanding work.
Runtime and checkpoints
The expert runtime moves through preparing, ready, active, final checkpoint, completed, or exhausted. EXHAUSTED means the current executable path has no further work; it is not a synonym for a successfully completed Contribution.
A checkpoint moves from preparing to ready to reconciled. Its requirements may be pending, retryable, materialized, terminal-empty, or failed. Checkpoints can consolidate requirements, capture Policy meaning, prepare or record an Interview, or materialize Rubric meaning. A ready checkpoint still needs the expert's reconciliation.
Diagnosing state
If the Contribution is IN_PROGRESS but the expert sees no action, inspect the current task, runtime, and checkpoint. A blocked task may be waiting for evidence; a final checkpoint may need confirmation; an exhausted runtime may require administrator follow-up. Use Logs & Status for durable timing and engagement evidence rather than relying on a stale open browser view.
Related task pages
Source confidence
Code-backed: administrator and expert runtime sources define the layered Contribution, task, runtime, checkpoint, and requirement states described here.