Pipeline lifecycle

A pipeline can be in one of these 4 different states:

cold is when the pipeline is available to run but is not loaded on dedicated resources

scaling is when the pipeline is available and is being loaded onto dedicated resources. Sometimes, due to high traffic, a pipeline might be warm but marked has scaling because it is being deploying on more replicas to scale with the demand. As the end-user, this means that your request will likely spend a little extra time in Starting state

warm is when the pipeline is available and loaded on dedicated resources. When in this state, your request is likely to be executed as fast as possible

unavailable is when the pipeline is not yet or no longer available