# States and blockers An agent should not parse a state machine. Read `state` and `blockers`, and follow `next_action`. ## Account status `GET /account` returns `status`: Status Meaning `awaiting_payment` No payment yet. `active` Running. `past_due` A payment failed. `paused` The client paused all production. `stopped` Closed. It also returns `counting_locations`, `min_locations` and `max_locations`. Read them; do not hard-code them. ## Location state Each store has one `state`, the same one the app’s Network page shows: State Meaning `on_hold` Added by API. Waits for CreatoRain to release it. `awaiting_payment` Waits for payment. `needs_hours` Has no bookable hours. `full_this_month` This month’s videos are paced. Waits for next month. `accepting` Open to creators. `accepting: true`. `paused` Paused by you. `payment_failed` Paused by a failed payment or a dispute. `ended` Ended. `status` is the plain lifecycle: `active`, `paused` or `ended`. `held` is `true` while the API hold stands. ## Blockers `blockers` lists why something cannot move yet. - On a location create: `below_minimum` while `counting_locations` is under `min_locations`. - On an onboarding session: `live_key_requires_top_up`, `key_limit_reached`, `owner_changed`. ## next\_action `next_action` names the one thing to do next, such as a top-up. Today it is `null` on the account until the features behind each state ship. **(Not live yet)**