---
title: "PendingCapture"
description: "a capture the extension holds until the core accepts it: keyed like the capture, with its bytes, attempts and state"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/pendingcapture
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PendingCapture

a capture the extension holds until the core accepts it: keyed like the capture, with its bytes, attempts and state

[figure: PendingCapture is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `key` | `hash` | yes | the artefact's hash with the person and the time |
| `scope` | `one of this item \| this thread \| this channel as shown \| this page \| this meeting \| my outbound message` | yes |  |
| `under` | `one of say-so \| rule` | yes |  |
| `rule` | `id` | no |  |
| `bytes` | `bytes` | yes |  |
| `attempts` | `count` | yes |  |
| `state` | `one of pending \| sent \| accepted \| rejected` | yes | the extension's own state, never a place of the record |
| `reason` | `text` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PendingCapture directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.