Asimov state
In order to track each of the jobs asimov monitors it employs a simple state machine on each production.
This state is tracked within the production ledger for each production with the value of status.
Under normal running conditions the sequence of these states is
```
ready –> <job id> –> finished –> processing –> uploaded (–> Finalised)*
A number of additional states are also possible which interupt the normal flow of the job through asimov’s workflow.
```
ready : This job should be started automatically. This state must be applied manually. The job will then be started once its dependencies are met.
stopped : This run has been manually stopped; stop tracking it. Must be applied manually.
stuck : A problem has been discovered with this run, and needs manual intervention.
uploaded : This event has been uploaded to the event repository.
restart : This job should be restarted by Olivaw. Must be applied manually.
finished : This job has finished running and the results are ready to be processed on the next bot check.
processing : The results of this job are currently being processed by PESummary.
uploaded : This job has been uploaded to the data store.