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title: "Confused states - Grey status circle"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/COMALACDCLS/649892982/Confused%20states%20-%20Grey%20status%20circle"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## What are confused states?

If you rename a state in a workflow template, any associated workflows that were in that state is now considered as confused because the state no longer exists.

This may happen if you add a workflow across all the content in a space, and some of the documents previously had a workflow applied that had different states.

Documents in the previous state (that has been removed) can be displayed with the grey state indicator circle in the content byline.

![image](media://cc7de23d-cad1-4d8c-88a5-cc5cde5d21d5)


The workflow state dialog box displays options to transition to any state in the existing workflow, including the new state.

## How to fix?

It depends on which mode the workflow is added and applied to the content ...

When applying a space workflow across all the space content  ([space mode](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649629790))

- A workflow editor can amend the state in the workflow template – no more confused state!
- A s[pace administrator](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AWPD/pages/617496072) can choose to [Initialize States](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/650219355) if this has occurred across the space
- [End-users](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AWPD/pages/617497313), for small-scale repairs, can manually transition to a valid state using the [workflow state dialog box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649860326).

When applying a copy of a workflow to an individual page or blog post ([page mode](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649629790)), an end-user with edit permission can manually transition to a valid state using the [workflow state dialog box](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649860326).

## Related pages

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649597140](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACDCLS/pages/649597140)