# About the System Status category

**URL:** <https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/about-the-system-status-category/45>\
**Category:** System Status\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/about-the-system-status-category/45 "2020-10-21T21:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jglatstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@jglatstein](https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/u/jglatstein)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.oceanobservatories.org/t/about-the-system-status-category/45/1 "2020-10-21T21:36:27Z")

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