Transfer Manager Status Codes
- Last Updated: June 3, 2026
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- WS_FTP Pro
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
Transfer Manager Status Codes
The Status column in the Transfer Manager indicates the event currently in progress. All possible status messages and their meanings are listed below.
- Pending - The transfer is waiting to begin. This message is common if you are attempting to transfer more files than the number listed in Maximum number of concurrent transfers.
- Paused - The transfer is paused. This message only appears if you explicitly pause the transfer.
- Finished - The transfer has completed successfully.
- Failed - The transfer failed.
- Uploading - Files are being sent from your computer to a remote server.
- Downloading - Files are being sent from a remote server to your computer.
- Transferring - Files are being sent between two remote servers.
- Compressing - Files are being compressed into a zip archive. This message appears when a file is sent in Compression Mode, or when you send a file using the Compress and Upload function from the right- click menu.
- Sending e- mail - A transfer has met the criteria of an e-mail notification, and WS_FTP is sending the e-mail.
- Expanding folders - WS_FTP is calculating the size of a transfer that includes multiple folders and subfolders.
- OpenPGP Encrypting - Files are being encrypted using OpenPGP Mode.
- Combining - The parts of a download made in Multipart Mode is being reassembled on your computer.
- Finished and Notified - The transfer completed successfully, and an e-mail notification was successfully sent.
- Failed and Notified - The transfer did not complete successfully, but an e-mail notification was successfully sent.
- Finished and Notification Failed - The transfer completed successfully, but an e-mail notification failed to send.
- Failed and Notification Failed - The transfer did not complete successfully, and an e-mail notification failed to send.