> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cantina.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Finding Labels and Status

> Understanding finding statuses and labels

## Finding Labels

Labels are **user made tags** which can be assigned to a finding. Each Cantina Code repository can have its own custom tags and the permissions of allowing a user to create or modify a tag depend on the circumstances of the engagement and security review type.

## Finding Status

Below you can find a list with all the finding statuses used during a competition.

| Status                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **New**                   | Once a finding is submitted by the security researcher, it will be labelled as new by default.                                                                                                            |
| **Disputed**              | On the occasion where the competition client disagrees with the judging decision of a finding, they would change the status of the finding to disputed while providing reasoning to the change.           |
| **Rejected**              | Upon review, if the finding does not fit the criteria within the competitive scoring schema, the judge will list the finding as rejected.                                                                 |
| **Duplicate**             | A finding is marked as duplicate when it's the same issue reported by someone else. Duplicates are rewarded as well.                                                                                      |
| **Potentially Duplicate** | Similar functionality to Duplicate.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **Confirmed**             | When the finding is valid, it will be labelled as confirmed and be awarded based on the competition prize pool.                                                                                           |
| **Acknowledged**          | After a finding is confirmed by the judge, the competition sponsor will have to acknowledge and double confirm the issue.                                                                                 |
| **Fixed**                 | The sponsor after acknowledging issues can apply fixes to the code. This label is used for bookkeeping of issues already fixed.                                                                           |
| **Spam**                  | When a finding is marked as spam, it typically refers to the issue reported being irrelevant, low-quality, automated and inappropriate. Both the judge and the sponsor can mark this status for findings. |
| **Withdrawn**             | If the researcher submits an issue and decides to withdraw it for any reason, the finding will be labelled as "Withdrawn".                                                                                |