# Set the agent state with the given agent state ARN in Amazon Connect Customer agent workspace
<a name="3P-apps-agent-requests-setavailabilitystate"></a>

 Set the agent state with the given agent state ARN. By default, the promise resolves after the agent state is set in the backend. The response status is either `updated` or `queued` based on the current agent state.

 **Signature** 

```
 setAvailabilityState(
    agentStateARN: string,
  ): Promise<SetAvailabilityStateResult>
```

 **Usage** 

```
const availabilityStates: AgentState[] = await agentClient.listAvailabilityStates();
const availabilityStateResult:SetAvailabilityStateResult = await agentClient.setAvailabilityState(availabilityStates[0].agentStateARN);
```

 **Input** 


|  **Parameter**  |  **Type**  |  **Description**  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  agentStateARN Required  |  string  |  The ARN of the agent state  | 

 **Output - SetAvailabilityStateResult** 


|  **Parameter**  |  **Type**  |  **Description**  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  status  |  string  |  The status will be updated or queued depending on if the agent is currently handling an active contact.  | 
|  current  |  AgentState  |  Reperesents the current state of the agent.  | 
|  next  |  AgentState  |  It'll be the target state if the agent is handling active contact. Applicable when the status is queued. | 

 **Permissions required:** 

```
User.Configuration.Edit              
```