---
title: "Understand Feature Usage Statuses"
description: "Learn how Platform Discovery determines Active, No Recent Activity, and Requires Plan Upgrade statuses for Contentstack features."
url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/administration/feature-usage-statuses"
product: "Contentstack"
doc_type: "guide"
audience:
  - developers
  - admins
version: "current"
last_updated: "2026-07-15"
---

# Understand Feature Usage Statuses

Platform Discovery assigns a status to each feature card to show how your organization is using that capability. The three possible statuses are **Active**, **No Recent Activity**, and **Requires Plan Upgrade**.

## Feature Usage Status

Use the following statuses to understand adoption trends, identify underused capabilities, and evaluate options for platform expansion.

Status

Indicator color

Meaning

**Active**

Green

The feature has qualifying usage or configuration activity in your organization.

**No Recent Activity**

Red

The feature is enabled but has not shown qualifying activity recently.

**Requires Plan Upgrade**

Yellow

The feature is not available in your current subscription plan.

*   ## Active
    
    **Active** features display a green status indicator. This status means the feature has qualifying usage or configuration activity detected in your organization.
    
    Depending on the feature, qualifying activity may include:
    
    *   User interactions
        
    *   Workflow executions
        
    *   API usage
        
    *   Deployments
        
    *   Content updates
        
    *   Feature configuration
        
    
    **Note:** Most activity checks evaluate usage within the last **90 days**.
    
*   ## No Recent Activity
    
    **No Recent Activity** features display a red status indicator. This status means the feature is enabled in your organization but has not shown qualifying activity recently.
    
    This status can help you identify:
    
    *   Features that may need additional onboarding.
        
    *   Features that are configured but unused.
        
    *   Opportunities to improve platform adoption.
        
*   ## Requires Plan Upgrade
    
    **Requires Plan Upgrade** features display a yellow status indicator. This status means the feature is not available in your current subscription plan.
    
    These features remain visible in Platform Discovery to help you:
    
    *   Explore additional platform capabilities.
        
    *   Understand advanced feature availability.
        
    *   Evaluate future expansion opportunities.
        
    
    **Tip** Contact Contentstack [support](mailto:support@contentstack.com) to learn more about enabling upgraded features.
    

## Learn More About a Feature

Each feature card includes a **Learn More** option. Use this option to:

*   Access product documentation.
    
*   Review implementation guidance.
    
*   Explore Academy videos.
    
*   Understand common use cases.