In various parts of the interface (including the workflow popup), you will see a circle followed by a workflow state name.
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The default color indicate indicates the nature of the workflow state.
The state indictator circle color can be customized for each state.
These The default state indicator circle colors differentiate color differentiates between content that is
in a draft state
in the final (published) state
in a state in a workflow where no published state has been setthat does not have a final state
The state color is useddisplayed in
the page state byline breadcrumb
in the workflow popup progress bar
in workflow builder for a state indicator circle and the state lozenge
in reports displaying the state name and state indicator circle
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