---
title: "Readiness"
description: "ready, or visibly not ready with the plain reason; there is no third state"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/readiness
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Readiness

ready, or visibly not ready with the plain reason; there is no third state

[figure: Readiness 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 | kernel |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ready` | `bool` | yes |  |
| `reason` | `text` | no | required when not ready |
| `since` | `time` | yes |  |
| `what_would_make_it_ready` | `text` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/probe_identity`](/reference/act/probe_identity) returns it