# About user account status

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/about-user-account-status/19437>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/about-user-account-status/19437 "2022-02-17T13:22:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![camilo.torresc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@camilo.torresc](https://devforum.okta.com/u/camilo.torresc)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/about-user-account-status/19437/1 "2022-02-17T13:22:24Z")

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Hi,

I am checking user status definitions and I see the ‘Recovery’ status there in the list [link](https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/users-groups-profiles/usgp-end-user-states.htm)

I am using the [recovery password API](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/authn/#forgot-password) to generate a recovery token. Based, on the definition of the ‘Recovery’ user status if a trigger that method to reset user password then user status should be ‘Recovery’ but once I check the user profile in the portal or by hitting the get user endpoint I still see user status is active not recovery. Seems that ‘Recovery’ status is a transaction status of the forgot password process itself not of the user object perse. Is that correct?

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**Author:** ![andrea](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/andrea/32/2172_2.png) [@andrea](https://devforum.okta.com/u/andrea)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/about-user-account-status/19437/2 "2024-02-08T21:33:29Z")

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