> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usetero.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Issue lifecycle

> Statuses, views, and actions for issues

Tero uses these issue states, views, and actions.

## Statuses

| Status          | Meaning                                                         |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Open**        | Tero found the issue and it needs review.                       |
| **In progress** | Someone is deploying the policy or remediating the issue.       |
| **Resolved**    | Tero considers the issue addressed.                             |
| **Ignored**     | A reviewer accepted or dismissed the issue without remediation. |

## Domains

| Domain         | Meaning                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Cost**       | The issue affects log volume, spend, or recoverable savings.     |
| **Compliance** | The issue affects sensitive data exposure or compliance posture. |

## Severities

| Severity   | Meaning                                                                       |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **High**   | Review first. The issue has material cost, compliance, or operational impact. |
| **Medium** | Review after high-severity issues or when the affected service is in scope.   |
| **Low**    | Review when cleaning up backlog or validating a detector.                     |

## Queue controls

The Issues workspace supports:

* Search by issue text
* Filter by severity, service, team, domain, check, linked issue, and status
* Views for **All**, **Cost**, and **Compliance**
* Sort controls in the queue
* Loading additional issue rows

## Detail actions

Issue detail can show these actions:

| Action                              | Meaning                                                        |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Deploy policy**                   | Create or roll out the recommended policy where it should run. |
| **Ignore**                          | Close the issue without remediation.                           |
| **Retry detail**                    | Reload issue detail after a failed request.                    |
| **Previous issue** / **Next issue** | Move through the queue without returning to the list.          |

## Remediation states

Policy-related issues can show remediation states such as **Ready to deploy**, **Creating policy**, **Rolling out policy**, **Policy active**, **Policy revoked**, **Policy rollout failed**, and **Resolution verified**.

Use [Review an issue](/issues/review-an-issue) for the review workflow.