# Dormant

URL: /business/lifecycle/states/dormant · Id: `state:dormant`

> Dormant is the state of a Startup with no work running on it, whose records, site, and domain stay kept until it returns to Live.

Dormant is the state of a [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) with no work running, whose records, [Site](/business/nouns/site) and [Domain](/business/nouns/domain) are kept. It enters after a wind-down that delivers or refunds every accepted [Order](/business/nouns/order), and [resume](/business/nouns/startup/resume) returns it to [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live) intact.

## Entry checks
| Check | Id | Kind | Passes when |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Work paused | `dormant-paused` | `registry` | The owner pauses the Startup, or it earns no revenue within its dormancy window; every record stays. |

## Builders at work
None.

## Roles on duty
None.

## Workflows that wake
None.

## At the next state
- [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live): 16 entry checks.