# Check your Statuses
<span class="related-pages">#feature/statuses</span>
> [!released]
> Introduced in Tasks 5.1.0.
## Overview
At any time you can **validate** and **visualise** your custom statuses, using the **'Review and check your Statuses' button** in Tasks' [[Status Settings]].
## The output file
- A Markdown report is written to the root of the vault.
- Example file name:
- `Tasks Plugin - Review and check your Statuses 2023-11-08 21-30-15`
- By adding the date and time to the end of the file name, you can create a series of reports, and review the differences.
- You can of course delete the files at any time.
## Content of the report
The sections are:
- **About this file**
- An introduction.
- **Status Settings**
- A table of the statuses in your settings.
- Here you can find advice on any potential issues in your status settings.
- **Loaded Settings**
- This has a **Mermaid diagram** showing transitions between your statuses.
- View the report in Live Preview or Reading Mode, to see the diagram.
## Example statuses report
Here is an example report, that is generated from the problem statuses shown in [[Recurring Tasks and Custom Statuses#When DONE is not followed by TODO or IN_PROGRESS|When DONE is not followed by TODO or IN_PROGRESS]]:
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*Example statuses report*