Carrier statuses
Every carrier in Carrier Stash has exactly one of five statuses that controls what actions can be taken on it. Status changes as the carrier moves through lending — most transitions happen automatically as part of check-out, check-in, reservations, and archiving.
The five statuses
Available — the carrier is in the library and ready to lend. This is the status a new carrier starts in, and the one it returns to after a check-in or a released reservation. Only an Available carrier can be checked out or reserved.
On loan — the carrier is currently checked out to a caregiver. It has an open loan record with a due date. Checking it back in returns it to Available.
Reserved — the carrier is held for a specific caregiver ahead of pickup. A reservation holds the carrier until it’s fulfilled (converted to a loan), cancelled, or expires. When a hold ends without a loan, the carrier returns to Available.
In repair — the carrier is out of service for maintenance and can’t be lent until it’s marked Available again.
Archived — the carrier has been retired from active inventory. Archiving records a reason (for example retired, given away, lost, or sold). Archived carriers don’t count toward your tier’s active-carrier limit and don’t appear in normal inventory lists.
The waitlist is not a status
The waitlist is separate. It’s a list of caregivers waiting for a specific carrier, kept in its own record keyed to the carrier — never a sixth status. A carrier can have a waitlist while it’s On loan, In repair, or Reserved. The number waiting is shown alongside the status, for example “On loan · 2 waiting.”
An education-only carrier (one that isn’t loan-eligible) can’t have a waitlist, because there’s no loan to wait for.