Machine states
A machine is described by two facts at once, and reading them as one thing causes most of the confusion in the fleet list.
Is it reachable?
Section titled “Is it reachable?”Online — the agent has checked in recently.
Offline — nothing has been heard from the agent for 300 seconds.
The 5-minute delay is deliberate. A machine that blinks off the network for 20 seconds should not page you; a machine that is genuinely gone should not stay green until morning.
Is it working?
Section titled “Is it working?”| State | What it means | What renters see |
|---|---|---|
| Idle | in your fleet, not offered to anyone | nothing — the machine is not in search |
| Listed | published and in search | your offer, and they can book it |
| Rented | a rental is running right now | the machine as busy |
| Mining | earning on mining instead of rental | nothing |
Why the fleet list splits Listed and Idle
Section titled “Why the fleet list splits Listed and Idle”They used to be one filter, and it hid a real problem: a machine that was published but invisible to renters looked exactly like a machine that was earning. They are now separate, and the dashboard counts them separately — “3 idle · 11 listed” — so a machine that quietly fell out of search is visible at a glance rather than at the end of the month.
Rented is reported, not guessed
Section titled “Rented is reported, not guessed”Flotera does not infer a rental from load or temperature. The state changes because the marketplace said so, which is why it can be trusted and why it lags the actual start by a minute or two.
The same is true in reverse: a rental that ends on the marketplace ends here.
Maintenance is a separate flag
Section titled “Maintenance is a separate flag”Announcing maintenance does not change the states above. It turns availability off for the window, pauses new rentals, and lets running ones finish. Automation leaves a machine under maintenance alone.