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title: Status Hooks
description: Execute Workers code in reaction to Container status changes
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dev-products-preview.png
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# Status Hooks

Execute Workers code in reaction to Container status changes

When a Container starts, stops, becomes idle, and errors, it can trigger code execution in a Worker that has defined status hooks on the `Container` class. Refer to the [Container class lifecycle hooks](https://developers.cloudflare.com/containers/container-class/#lifecycle-hooks) for more details.

TypeScript

```
import { Container } from "@cloudflare/containers";
export class MyContainer extends Container {  defaultPort = 4000;  sleepAfter = "5m";
  override onStart() {    console.log("Container successfully started");  }
  override onStop(stopParams) {    if (stopParams.exitCode === 0) {      console.log("Container stopped gracefully");    } else {      console.log("Container stopped with exit code:", stopParams.exitCode);    }
    console.log("Container stop reason:", stopParams.reason);  }
  override async onActivityExpired() {    console.log("Container became idle, stopping it now");    await this.stop();  }
  override onError(error: string) {    console.log("Container error:", error);  }}
```

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