# Agreement status An agreement is a record that establishes the terms and conditions of a transaction in the Marketplace. An agreement can currently exist in these states: **Draft**, **Deleted**, **Provisioning**, **Failed**, **Active**, **Updating**, or **Terminated**. The following diagram shows the transitions between these states:

The state transition diagram of an agreement.

The following table provides a description of the different statuses:

State	Definition
Draft	The agreement is saved as a draft because the purchase order is saved for later during the ordering process.
Deleted	The draft agreement is deleted because the draft purchase order associated with the agreement is deleted.
Provisioning	The agreement is sent to the vendor and is pending fulfilment.
Failed	The agreement has failed because the vendor or SoftwareOne canceled the purchase order.
Active	The vendor has completed the purchase order, and the agreement is active. Active agreements have at least one active subscription and no open orders.
Updating	A business transaction or a change order is in progress for at least one subscription within the agreement.
Terminated	The agreement is terminated. It no longer contains an active subscription.

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