Guard states
Every guardGuardA rule for one product variant at one location that pauses its ad targets when the available stock there falls to the pause threshold, and can turn them back on when stock returns. Read more → is in one of four states, shown as a badge on Guards and on the guard’s page. Separately, a guard is active or inactive. This page lists both, with what moves a guard from one state to the next.
On this page
Section titled “On this page”- The four states
- How a guard moves between states
- Active and inactive
- What the guard’s page shows
- See also
The four states
Section titled “The four states”| State | Means | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | Guardified is watching the stock. No pause or resume is on its way. | Pause Pending |
| Pause Pending | A pause has started and is on its way to the ad platforms. | Paused |
| Paused | The pause has run. Logs › Platform Actions shows the result for each target. | Resume Pending |
| Resume Pending | A resume has started and is on its way to the ad platforms. | Monitoring, or Paused |
The State filter on Guards and the guard’s own page call Monitoring Idle. Hover over a badge on Guards for a one-line explanation.
How a guard moves between states
Section titled “How a guard moves between states”| From | What happens | To |
|---|---|---|
| (new guard) | You create the guard. | Monitoring |
| Monitoring | Shopify reports available stockAvailable stockThe quantity Shopify shows as available for a variant at one location, which is the number a guard compares with its pause threshold. Read more → at or below the threshold. | Pause Pending |
| Monitoring | You use Manual Pause. | Pause Pending |
| Pause Pending | The pause has been sent to every target. | Paused |
| Paused | Shopify reports stock above the threshold, and Auto-resume is on. | Resume Pending |
| Paused | You use Manual Resume. | Resume Pending |
| Resume Pending | Every target was turned back on. | Monitoring |
| Resume Pending | A target could not be turned back on. | Paused |
A few things don’t move a guard:
- Paused with Auto-resume off stays Paused until you use Manual Resume.
- Pause Pending and Resume Pending ignore stock changes until the action has run.
- Manual Pause acts only on a guard that is Monitoring, Manual Resume only on one that is Paused. Selected guards in other states are left as they are.
- A new guard starts at Monitoring whatever the stock is; it acts at the next stock change. To pause straight away, use Manual Pause.
Active and inactive
Section titled “Active and inactive”Active is separate from the state. Every guard starts active.
- Deactivate (on the guard’s page, or for selected guards on Guards) makes Guardified skip the guard: it ignores stock changes, and Manual Pause and Manual Resume leave it out. Its ads stay as they are, paused or running.
- Activate brings it back. It keeps its state and reacts from the next stock change.
Deleting a guard removes it with its targets and its rows in Logs › Platform Actions and Logs › Emails. Its ads stay as they are.
What the guard’s page shows
Section titled “What the guard’s page shows”| Field | Shows |
|---|---|
| Status | The state, as above. |
| Active | Yes or No. |
| Last stock level | The available stock Guardified last recorded for the guard. |
| Last paused | When the last pause finished. |
| Last resumed | When the last resume turned every target back on. |
| Created | When the guard was created. |
See also
Section titled “See also”