Build statuses

What each status means while a build moves through the pipeline.

A build moves through a small set of statuses. The dashboard’s status badge shows the current one; webhooks and the API expose the same values.

Status	Meaning
pending	Build is queued, waiting to start.
running	Build is actively executing — source synced, compile / cook / stage in progress.
complete	Build succeeded. Artifact is available to download or auto-deploy.
failed	Build failed. Check the logs in the dashboard for the cause.
superseded	A newer build for the same (project, branch, platform, buildType) was queued, so this older one was cancelled.

Once a build hits a terminal state (complete, failed, superseded), it stays there. Re-trigger to start a fresh build.

Phases inside running

While a build is running, the dashboard shows which phase is current:

• source sync — pulling code from GitHub or Perforce
• compile — UnrealBuildTool compiles your C++ modules (skipped for Blueprint-only projects)
• cook — the cook commandlet processes content for the target platform
• stage — final packaging into the deliverable form
• upload — artifact is uploaded

Each phase logs RunUAT-style markers you can grep for in the streamed log:

• *** COMPILING ... *** — compile started
• LogCook: Cooking maps from path... — cook started
• LogStaging: Staging... — stage started
• BUILD SUCCESSFUL / BUILD FAILED — exit signal

Why a build might be superseded

If you push three commits to main in quick succession, you’d otherwise get three sequential builds — each made obsolete by the next. BuildPixel automatically marks earlier in-flight builds for the same (project, branch, platform, buildType) as superseded when a newer one is queued. Only the latest build runs to completion.