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+# Component Statuses
+
+Unlike Incidents, Cachet starts listing Component statuses from 1.
+When creating or updating a component, you'll need to specify a status for it.
+
+A status can be one of the following:
+
+Status|Name|Description
+------|----|-----------
+1|Operational|The component is working
+2|Performance issues|The component is experiencing some slowness.
+3|Partial Outage|The component may not be working for everybody. This could be a geographical issue for example.
+4|Major outage|The component is not working for anybody.
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+