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Status Glossary
Every status badge in PodcasterPlus, in one place: episodes, bookings, and directory listings. Each entry says what the status means and what moves it forward.
Episode statuses
Episodes show their status as a badge in the episode list and the episode editor.
Draft
The working state. You can edit everything, upload audio, and invite collaborators. A draft isn't visible to listeners.
Moves on when you click Publish Now (goes to Published) or Schedule (goes to Scheduled) on the episode's Publish tab. Externally hosted episodes use Prepare to Publish instead, which starts the publish handoff.
Scheduled
The episode has a publish date and time and will go live automatically when it arrives.
Moves on when the scheduled time arrives (goes to Published), you click Publish Now to go live early, or you click Cancel Schedule (returns to Draft).
Published
Live. The episode is in your RSS feed and on your listen page.
Moves on when you click Archive (goes to Archived) or Unpublish (returns to Draft and clears the publish date).
Archived
Removed from your feed and listen page, but kept with everything intact.
Moves on when you click Republish (returns to Published, keeping the original publish date) or Reset to Draft (returns to Draft for a full rework).
Pending Confirmation
A placeholder episode created by a guest's booking request. It's waiting for you to confirm or decline the booking; the episode editor points you to the booking with Review booking.
Moves on when you confirm the booking (the episode becomes a Draft) or decline it (the placeholder episode is removed). See managing bookings.
Booking statuses
The Bookings board arranges bookings into lanes. Lanes are derived: some moves happen automatically as time passes, without you changing anything.
The lanes
| Lane | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Sent | Guest Network invites for this podcast. Informational until the guest books. |
| Pending | Booking requests awaiting your confirmation. |
| Confirmed | Upcoming recordings on the calendar. |
| Date Passed | Recordings whose time has passed. Mark how they went. |
| Published | Bookings whose episode has been published. Moves here automatically when the episode goes live. |
| Declined & Canceled | Declined requests and canceled recordings. Terminal; delete from the card menu. |
Pending
A guest requested a time and PodcasterPlus is holding it for your decision. The guest has a request receipt by email; confirmation emails and calendar events only go out once you confirm.
Moves on when you confirm (goes to Confirmed, and the confirmation emails, calendar event, and draft episode land) or decline (goes to Declined & Canceled).
Confirmed
The recording is booked and on the calendar.
Moves on when the slot time passes (the card flows to the Date Passed lane automatically, awaiting an outcome), the episode is published (flows to Published), or you cancel (goes to Declined & Canceled).
Completed and No-show
Outcome stamps you apply to a booking in the Date Passed lane: Completed means the recording happened, No-show means the guest didn't turn up. Until you stamp one, the card shows as awaiting an outcome.
Moves on when you change your mind (you can swap between the two, or clear the outcome back to Confirmed) or the episode is published (flows to Published).
Canceled
Terminal. Declined requests and canceled recordings both land here, in the Declined & Canceled lane. The only remaining action is deleting the booking from the card menu.
Published (booking)
Not a status you set: any live booking whose episode goes live is promoted to the Published lane automatically.
Invite statuses (Sent lane)
Guest Network invites in the Sent lane carry their own badges: Awaiting reply, Accepted, Declined, and Expired. An accepted invite converts into a real booking once the guest books a time.
Distribution statuses
Each platform card on Podcast Settings → Distribution shows a status chip. The full lifecycle, including the hourly automatic checking, is on the Listing Status page.
| Chip | What it means | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Ready | The show passes the readiness checks and you can submit to this platform. | Submit (guided platforms: work through the steps, then click I've submitted). |
| Not ready | A readiness check is failing, so submission is disabled. | Fix the blocking items shown in the readiness checks. |
| Submitted | The submission is in and the platform is reviewing it. | PodcasterPlus confirms the listing automatically where it can, or you paste your listing link when the show appears. |
| Listed | Your show is confirmed live on the platform. | Nothing to do. The listing link joins your listen page. |
| Rejected | The platform declined the submission. | Fix the cause and submit again; see fixing a rejection. |
| Is this your show? | PodcasterPlus found a listing that looks like your show and needs you to check it. | Click Confirm if it's yours (flips to Listed) or Not mine to clear the match. |