Cache status

A geocache may be in one of several states, designated by the status. The status indicates what actions may be performed in relation to the cache.

This document describes the existing cache statuses across Opencaching sites.

Cache status matrix

ID	Type	Usage	Icons		Notes	GC equivalent
			OCPL	OCDE
1	Found it	All				Found it
2	Didn't find it	All				Didn't find it
3	Comment	All			i.e. WRITE NOTE	Write Note
4	Moved	OCPL			Specific to "moving cache"
5	Needs maintenance	OCPL			OCDE and OKAPI logs have a "needs maintenance" flag	Needs maintenance
6	Maintenance performed	OCPL			OCDE and OKAPI logs have a "cache is ok" flag	Owner maintenance (GC allows only maintenance by cache owner)
7	Attended	All				Attended
8	Will attend	All				Will attend
9	Archived	All				Archived
10	Ready to be found	All			i.e. ENABLED OCDE=Available	Published / Enabled (depending on context)
11	Temporarily unavailable	All			i.e. DISABLED	Disabled
12	OC Team comment	OCPL			OCDE and OKAPI logs have an "OC team entry" flag	Reviewer note (closest equivalent)
13	Locked	OCDE
14	Locked, invisible	OCDE