> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.invopop.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Status schema

> The bill/status schema, used to report lifecycle events such as acknowledgements, approvals and refusals against a document.

[`bill/status`](https://docs.gobl.org/draft-0/bill/status) reports a lifecycle event against one or more existing documents — an acknowledgement, an approval, a refusal. Each `lines` entry names the document it concerns and the status being reported.

Invopop usually creates status documents from workflow steps and from inbound network messages, so you rarely author them by hand.

## Types

| Type       | Meaning                                                                                        |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `response` | A reply to a submitted document, used for two-way communication between customer and supplier. |
| `update`   | Issued by the supplier and shared with the customer, a government agency, or both.             |
| `system`   | An event not tied to a single document but recorded for compliance purposes.                   |

## Status line keys

Each `lines` entry carries a `key` naming the event being reported.

| Key            | Meaning                                                                                                                         |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `issued`       | Document submitted, pending review by the recipient.                                                                            |
| `acknowledged` | A readable document was received and can be submitted for processing.                                                           |
| `processing`   | The referenced document or transaction is being processed.                                                                      |
| `querying`     | The buyer will not accept the document without further information from the seller.                                             |
| `accepted`     | Final approval given; the next step is payment.                                                                                 |
| `rejected`     | The buyer will not process the document further, though not necessarily rejecting the commercial transaction.                   |
| `paid`         | Payment initiated, or receipt of payment acknowledged. Used only where a [payment document](/console/schema-payment) cannot be. |
| `error`        | A technical issue with the document caused it to be rejected.                                                                   |
| `other`        | Determined by other codes or details on the line.                                                                               |

A rejection or a partial approval must also carry a `reason`, and may carry an `action` suggesting what the recipient should do next.

<Note>
  Statuses have their own Console section. Where a regime tracks its own lifecycle flow, the statuses also appear in that app's dashboard — France lists them on the **E-Invoicing Flow 6** tab.
</Note>

## Regime requirements

France's Chorus Pro Flow 6 lifecycle codes are the fullest worked example: each CDV `ProcessConditionCode` maps onto a status document, except the payment codes which use [`bill/payment`](/console/schema-payment) instead. Spain's NO VERI\*FACTU workflows also send status documents for supplier registration and summary events.

## Related resources

|                |                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Related Guides | <Icon icon="book" /> [France statuses](/guides/fr-pa-status)<br /><Icon icon="book" /> [France invoicing](/guides/fr-pa-invoicing)   |
| Console        | <Icon icon="book" /> [Document references](/console/doc-references)<br /><Icon icon="book" /> [Document states](/console/doc-states) |
| GOBL           | <Icon icon="https://assets.invopop.com/icons/gobl.svg" /> [Status schema](https://docs.gobl.org/draft-0/bill/status)                 |