Domain status codes, in plain words

Every domain carries one or more status codes. Most are locks that protect it; a few mean it is offline or about to be released. Codes starting with client are set by the registrar, server by the registry.

Locks

• Transfer lock, set by the registrarclientTransferProhibited
• Change lock, set by the registrarclientUpdateProhibited
• Delete lock, set by the registrarclientDeleteProhibited
• Renewal blocked by the registrarclientRenewProhibited
• Transfer lock, set by the registryserverTransferProhibited
• Change lock, set by the registryserverUpdateProhibited
• Delete lock, set by the registryserverDeleteProhibited
• Renewal blocked by the registryserverRenewProhibited

Offline

• Taken offline by the registrarclientHold
• Taken offline by the registryserverHold
• No nameserversinactive

Expiring

• Expired, can still be restoredredemptionPeriod
• About to be releasedpendingDelete

Normal and temporary

• Active, nothing pendingok
• Just registeredaddPeriod
• Renewed automatically, grace periodautoRenewPeriod
• Just renewedrenewPeriod
• Just transferredtransferPeriod
• Being restoredpendingRestore
• Transfer in progresspendingTransfer
• Registration in progresspendingCreate
• Change in progresspendingUpdate
• Renewal in progresspendingRenew