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Check action status

You can check the current action execution status using either the status property or the shorthand properties returned by all hooks.

Via status property​

status property is a discriminated string, so it can only be one of the following values at any given time: idle, executing, hasSucceeded, hasErrored.

Via shorthand properties​

Shorthand properties are convenience booleans that are true if the corresponding action status string is of the same value. Other than isIdle, isExecuting, hasSucceeded and hasErrored, also isTransitioning and isPending are returned by all three hooks.

Difference between isExecuting, isTransitioning, and isPending​

The difference between these three properties is that isExecuting is true when the Server Action is actually being executed, isTransitioning is true when the under the hood value from useTransition hook is true (so, when the transition is in progress), and isPending is true when isExecuting or isTransitioning are true.

The safest and recommended way to check if the action is in progress is to use isPending property, because using just isExecuting could cause some weird glitches when navigation functions like redirect are used inside the Server Action.