View agents

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You can view the status of the agents in your pool on the Agents pane. You can use this information to get a quick overview of how many agents are running jobs and see how many standby agents are online.

Agents list

Go to your Managed DevOps Pool and choose Settings > Agents to view the status of the agents in your pool.

Screenshot of list of agents and their status.

The Agents list displays the following columns.

Name Description
Agent Machine Name The name of the agent instance.
Image The name of the image. For more information, see Configure images.
Image version The version of the agent image. For more information, see Configure images.
Status The current status of the agent. See Status for more information about each status type.

Status

Agents in the Agents list can have the following statuses.

Status Description
Ready The agent is online and is ready to accept jobs. You can expect to see this status if you have standby agents configured or stateful pools with a grace period.
NotReady A stateful agent job is complete, but the agent not ready to accept a new job.
Allocated The agent is running a job.
PendingReimage The agent job is complete and the agent is ready to be reimaged. This status is typical if you have you have your pool configured for stateless agents with standby agent mode enabled.
Reimaging The agent is being prepared with a fresh image. This status is typical for stateless agents with standby agent mode enabled.
Starting The agent is starting up and should be ready to accept jobs when it completes starting.
PendingReturn The agent is preparing to be shut down. This status is typical for stateless agents with standby agent mode disabled.
Returned The agent is shut down and will be removed from the Agents list in a few moments. This status is typical for stateless agents with standby agent mode disabled after they run a job.

For more information, see Standby agents and Agent state.