Flag statuses

Overview

This topic explains what the different flag statuses are, and how to view them in the LaunchDarkly user interface (UI).

Using the flag status indicator

The flag status indicator lets you view when a flag is active or inactive. It's important to understand flag statuses so you know which flags are safe to remove from your code.

Every feature flag has a status that reflects the state of a flag in each environment.

For example, if the flag is listed as "Active" in your Production environment, LaunchDarkly is currently evaluating that flag using your Production SDK key.

Here is a screenshot of flag status indicators on the Feature flags list:

Flag status definitions

The various flag statuses are explained below:

Status type	Name	Definition
	New	You created the flag fewer than seven days ago and it has never been evaluated.
	Active	The flag is being evaluated, and either there are either multiple variations configured, you have made changes to its configuration in the past seven days, or the flag is toggled off.
	Launched	The flag is being evaluated, there is only one variation configured, you have made no changes to its configuration in the past seven days, and the flag is toggled on. Launched flags that are marked as temporary and are over 90 days old are considered "stale." You may be able to remove this flag from your code.
	Inactive	The flag has not been evaluated for at least seven days. Inactive flags that are marked as temporary and are over 90 days old are considered "stale." You may be able to remove this flag from your code.

For example, if you have configured a flag to serve only one variation, and make no configuration changes over a seven-day period, its status changes to "launched." If you do make configuration changes to the flag during that period, its status changes to "active."