View campaign sending progress in ActiveCampaign

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You can track a campaign after you send or schedule it from the Email Campaigns Overview page. The Send Status & Date column shows the current state. When details are available, you can open a drawer to see where the send is in its progress.

This feature adds more detail about the send. It does not change your campaign, audience, or delivery settings.

Take note

  • Detailed sending progress is available for 30 days after a campaign sends
  • Some older campaigns do not have detailed progress data
  • Automated and split campaigns do not support detailed sending progress

View campaign sending progress

Use the Send Status & Date column to check a campaign from the list view.

  1. Click Email on the left menu.
  2. Click List View.
  3. Find the campaign you want to check.
  4. Review the campaign state in the Send Status & Date column.
  5. Click View details when this option is available.
  6. Review the current stage, campaign details, and any message shown in the drawer.

ActiveCampaign updates the status during delivery. You do not need to refresh the page during a normal send.

Understand campaign sending statuses

The Send Status & Date column helps you understand what is happening with a campaign.

  • Draft
    The campaign has not been scheduled or sent
  • Scheduled
    The campaign is waiting for its scheduled send time
  • Pending Review
    The campaign is waiting for approval before it can send
  • Preparing
    ActiveCampaign is preparing the campaign and its audience
  • Sending
    ActiveCampaign is delivering the campaign
  • Delayed
    The send is taking more time than expected. No action is needed unless the delay continues for a substantial amount of time
  • Stopped
    The campaign sending process stopped before it completed. Open the details drawer to see what to do next
  • Disabled
    The scheduled campaign was disabled before it sent
  • Sent
    The send is complete. A warning icon means some contacts were skipped. Open the campaign report for more information

Understand the sending progress drawer

The details drawer shows the main stages of a campaign send. It may include:

  • The campaign subject and sender
  • The scheduled time or start time
  • The current sending stage
  • A message about a delay, review, or stopped send
  • A warning when some contacts were skipped

The drawer shows send progress. Use the campaign report for final delivery and engagement data.

When detailed progress is not available

You may see a status without the View details option. This can happen when:

  • The campaign was sent more than 30 days ago
  • The campaign used an older sending process
  • The campaign type does not provide progress data before sending begins
  • Detailed progress data is not available for that campaign

The campaign can still send when detailed progress is not available.

What to do when a send is delayed or stopped

Use the message in the details drawer to decide what to do next. When available, click Contact Support in the sending progress panel to reach support.

The campaign is delayed

No action is needed for a delayed campaign. If the delay continues for a substantial amount of time, click Contact Support in the sending progress panel.

The campaign is stopped

The campaign sending process stopped before it completed. Review the issue shown in the details drawer before you send the campaign again. If you need help, click Contact Support in the sending progress panel.

The campaign is sent with a warning

Some contacts were skipped during the send. Click View Report and review the campaign report before you decide whether to resend the campaign. 

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