---
title: "PlatformState"
description: "every service with its life, every reader's distance behind the log, events set aside, settings changed, cost by kind"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/platformstate
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PlatformState

every service with its life, every reader's distance behind the log, events set aside, settings changed, cost by kind

[figure: PlatformState is a view at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | view |
| scope | platform |
| key | the moment |
| store | derived |
| family | ops_console |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `services` | [RunningService](/concepts/runningservice) | yes |  |
| `readers_behind` | `{text:count}` | yes |  |
| `events_set_aside` | [Event](/concepts/event) | yes |  |
| `settings_changed` | [Event](/concepts/event) | yes |  |
| `cost_by_kind` | [Cost](/concepts/cost) | yes |  |



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