View wait states

See what an active process instance is waiting for in Camunda 8 Operate.

Prerequisites

To follow the steps in this guide, you must be authorized to view wait states for the relevant process definition.

View wait states

When a process instance is active, you can inspect its active elements to see what each one is waiting for:

1. On the Processes page, in the Process Instances table, click the Process Instance Key of the instance you want to inspect.
2. In the process diagram, click an active element that has a Waiting label indicator on top.
3. Review the wait state details in the element Details tab — for example, the message name and correlation key for a receive task, or the due date for a timer.

An element shows a single wait state indicator even when multiple tokens are present on it. For timers, Operate shows the earliest due date.

Supported wait state types

For the full list of wait state types and the details surfaced for each, see supported wait state types.

Next steps

• Use the Camunda REST API to search wait states.