---
title: Sub-statuses
summary: 'A refinement of a status. When a user picks a status with linked sub-statuses, they get a more specific reason: "In a meeting" -> "Client call" / "Internal" / "1-on-1".'
section: features
tags:
  - crud
  - tempus
  - telephony
  - presence
updated: '2026-06-17'
---

> A **sub-status** is a refinement of a [status](tempus_statuses.md). When a user picks a status that has linked sub-statuses, they pick a more specific reason: "In a meeting" then "Client call", "Internal", or "1-on-1".

## Overview

Sub-statuses add finer presence detail without bloating the status changer. A sub-status never stands alone, it is only ever picked under an active parent, and it has no availability group of its own. You link sub-statuses to a parent on the **parent status's** form, and one sub-status can be reused across many parents.

## What it does

A sub-status adds descriptive detail on top of its parent without touching call routing. The combined pill (parent plus sub-status) tells colleagues what kind of meeting or break it is, and reports break the time down by sub-status so *Meeting - Client call* is counted separately from *Meeting - Internal*.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Sub-statuses never affect call routing. Only the parent status's availability group decides ringing. Sub-statuses exist for visibility and reporting.

## See also

- [Statuses](tempus_statuses.md) - the parent that owns the link to sub-statuses.
- [Status changer layouts](tempus_layouts.md) - which statuses appear on which devices.
- [Users](users.md) - who picks the parent and sub-status combination.

```yaml fields
name:
  label: Name
  tab: General
  hint: 'Display name shown when a user picks a parent status that includes this sub-status.'
bg_color:
  label: 'Background color'
  tab: General
  hint: 'Background color used to represent this sub-status in the status changer.'
font_color:
  label: 'Font color'
  tab: General
  hint: 'Text color displayed on top of the background for readability.'
icon_class:
  label: Icon
  tab: General
  hint: 'Icon shown next to the sub-status name in the status changer.'
description:
  label: Description
  tab: General
  hint: 'Optional internal note explaining when to use this sub-status.'
```