Server Statuses and Lifecycle States Explained
Overview
Because CloudAIPilot manages infrastructure asynchronously, servers move through specific lifecycle states. Understanding these states helps you diagnose issues quickly.
The Statuses
- Provisioning: The VM is being created. CloudAIPilot is setting up the cloud instance and running initial configuration.
- Running: The server is online and CloudAIPilot can reach it.
- Stopped: The VM has been powered off. Cloud providers typically still charge for disk storage while stopped.
- Error: A background operation (provisioning or migration) failed. The server detail page will show a banner with options to retry or clean up.
- Disconnected: CloudAIPilot has lost contact with the server, but the VM may still be running in your cloud account.
- Externally Deleted: CloudAIPilot detected that the VM was deleted directly in the cloud provider console, outside of CloudAIPilot.
- Archived: The server has been soft-deleted inside CloudAIPilot. The record is preserved for reference or restoration.
Status Groups on the Server List
The server list groups statuses into three filter tabs:
- Running — shows servers with running status
- Stopped — shows servers with stopped, error, externally deleted, or disconnected status
- Archived — shows archived servers