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title: 'API docs: core.application.state'
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## Application.state property

Get the state of the application. The initial state is `created` and it can transition as follows by `start` and `stop`<!-- -->:

1. start - !started -<!-- -->&gt; starting -<!-- -->&gt; started - started -<!-- -->&gt; started (no-op) 2. stop - started -<!-- -->&gt; stopping -<!-- -->&gt; stopped - !started -<!-- -->&gt; stopped (no-op)

Two types of states are expected: - stable, such as `started` and `stopped` - in process, such as `booting` and `starting`

Operations such as `start` and `stop` can only be called at a stable state. The logic should immediately set the state to a new one indicating work in process, such as `starting` and `stopping`<!-- -->.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
get state(): string;
```