Administrative State

The Administrative State of Chaos Engine controls the workflow of Experiments. The Administrative State can be controlled using the REST API.

Available States

State Description
STARTING The Chaos Engine has not completed starting yet.
STARTED Chaos Engine is up and running. Experiments are in full lifecycle.
PAUSED Experiments are paused. No external actions are performed (no new experiments, no self-healing, no finalization)
DRAIN New experiments are paused, but existing experiments are allowed to complete, including self-healing and finalization
ABORT New experiments are paused. Existing experiments are immediately advanced to their self-healing phase.

For more information on Experiment Lifecycles, see the Experiment Manager documentation.