# ExperimentActionState
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Describes the state of an action.

## Contents
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 ** reason **   <a name="fis-Type-ExperimentActionState-reason"></a>
The reason for the state.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 512.  
Pattern: `[\s\S]+`   
Required: No

 ** status **   <a name="fis-Type-ExperimentActionState-status"></a>
The state of the action.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `pending | initiating | running | completed | cancelled | stopping | stopped | failed | skipped`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/fis-2020-12-01/ExperimentActionState) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/fis-2020-12-01/ExperimentActionState) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/fis-2020-12-01/ExperimentActionState)