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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Jones" <rick.jones2 at hp.com>
> To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
> 
> On 06/24/2014 02:38 PM, Joe Gordon wrote:
> > I agree nova shouldn't take any actions. But I don't think leaving an
> > instance as 'active' is right either.  I was thinking move instance to
> > error state (maybe an unknown state would be more accurate) and let the
> > user deal with it, versus just letting the user deal with everything.
> > Since nova knows something *may* be wrong shouldn't we convey that to
> > the user (I'm not 100% sure we should myself).
> 
> I suspect the user's first action will be to call Support asking "Hey,
> why is my perfectly usable instance showing-up in the ERROR|UNKNOWN state?"
> 
> rick jones

The existing alternative would be having the user calling to ask why their non-responsive instance is showing as RUNNING so you are kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Steve