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title: Life-cycle stage statuses \(LLCS\) of a robot in RPA Hub
description: The state transition of a robot guides you through the stages of its life cycle.
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# Life-cycle stage statuses \(LLCS\) of a robot in RPA Hub

The state transition of a robot guides you through the stages of its life cycle.

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Life-cycle stage status

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Description

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In Use

</td><td>

Default value when a new robot is created or saved.

</td></tr><tr><td>

In Maintenance

</td><td>

Robot or a robot machine that is under maintenance.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Retired

</td><td>

Robot is inactive.After you retire a robot, you cannot change the stage.

 You cannot retire a robot which is assigned to a bot process.

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