# Job State Transitions
Jobs progress through a defined lifecycle:
```mermaid
stateDiagram-v2
[*] --> uninitialized
uninitialized --> ready: initialize_jobs
uninitialized --> blocked: has dependencies
blocked --> ready: dependencies met
ready --> pending: runner claims
pending --> running: execution starts
running --> completed: exit 0
running --> failed: exit != 0 (handler match + max retries)
running --> pending_failed: exit != 0 (no handler match)
running --> ready: exit != 0 (failure handler retry)
running --> canceled: user cancels
running --> terminated: system terminates
pending_failed --> failed: AI classifies as permanent
pending_failed --> ready: AI classifies as transient
pending_failed --> uninitialized: reset-status
completed --> [*]
failed --> [*]
canceled --> [*]
terminated --> [*]
classDef waiting fill:#6c757d,color:#fff
classDef ready fill:#17a2b8,color:#fff
classDef active fill:#ffc107,color:#000
classDef success fill:#28a745,color:#fff
classDef error fill:#dc3545,color:#fff
classDef stopped fill:#6f42c1,color:#fff
classDef classification fill:#fd7e14,color:#fff
class uninitialized,blocked waiting
class ready ready
class pending,running active
class completed success
class failed error
class canceled,terminated stopped
class pending_failed classification
```
## State Descriptions
- **uninitialized** (0) - Job created but dependencies not evaluated
- **blocked** (1) - Waiting for dependencies to complete
- **ready** (2) - All dependencies satisfied, ready for execution
- **pending** (3) - Job claimed by runner
- **running** (4) - Currently executing
- **completed** (5) - Finished successfully (exit code 0)
- **failed** (6) - Finished with error (exit code != 0)
- **canceled** (7) - Explicitly canceled by user or torc. Never executed.
- **terminated** (8) - Explicitly terminated by system, such as at wall-time timeout
- **pending_failed** (10) - Job failed without a matching failure handler. Awaiting AI-assisted
classification to determine if the error is transient (retry) or permanent (fail). See
[AI-Assisted Recovery](../specialized/fault-tolerance/ai-assisted-recovery.md).