> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hotglue.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Life Cycle

> hotglue job lifecycle explained

hotglue job goes through several stages during the run. If you have a configured [webhooks](https://docs.hotglue.com/docs/jobs-webhooks) to receive job updates, you will receive a POST at each of these stages:

| Lifecycle Step     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `JOB_CREATED`      | The job has been created and queued to run.                                     |
| `DISCOVER_STARTED` | The job has begun fetching available tables and fields to sync.                 |
| `DISCOVER_FAILED`  | There was a fatal error fetching the available data.                            |
| `SYNC_STARTED`     | Data has begun to sync from the tap.                                            |
| `SYNC_FAILED`      | There was a fatal error while syncing data from the tap.                        |
| `SYNC_SUCCESS`     | Data was successfully synced from the tap.                                      |
| `ETL_STARTED`      | Transformation script will run on synced data.                                  |
| `ETL_FAILED`       | There was a fatal error while the transformation script was running.            |
| `ETL_SUCCESS`      | Transformation script completed successfully.                                   |
| `EXPORT_STARTED`   | Export to the defined targets for the flow has begun.                           |
| `EXPORT_FAILED`    | There was a fatal error while exporting the data to one of the defined targets. |
| `JOB_COMPLETED`    | Job has completed successfully, and executor is shutting down.                  |