---
title: BackendStatus (latest version)
description: API reference for qiskit_ibm_runtime.models.BackendStatus in the latest version of qiskit-ibm-runtime
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit-ibm-runtime/models-backend-status
---

# BackendStatus

*class* `BackendStatus(backend_name, backend_version, operational, pending_jobs, status_msg)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/tree/stable/0.49/qiskit_ibm_runtime/models/backend_status.py#L23-L96)

Bases: `object`

Class representing Backend Status.

**Parameters**

- **backend\_name** (*str*) – The backend’s name
- **backend\_version** (*str*) – The backend’s version of the form X.Y.Z
- **operational** (*bool*) – True if the backend is operational
- **pending\_jobs** (*int*) – The number of pending jobs on the backend
- **status\_msg** (*str*) – The status msg for the backend

**Raises**

**QiskitError** – If the backend version is in an invalid format

## Methods

### from\_dict

*classmethod* `from_dict(data)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/tree/stable/0.49/qiskit_ibm_runtime/models/backend_status.py#L53-L64)

Create a new BackendStatus object from a dictionary.

**Parameters**

**data** (*dict\[str, Any]*) – A dictionary representing the BaseBakend to create. It will be in the same format as output by [`to_dict()`](#qiskit_ibm_runtime.models.BackendStatus.to_dict "qiskit_ibm_runtime.models.BackendStatus.to_dict").

**Returns**

The BackendStatus from the input dictionary.

**Return type**

*BackendStatusT*

### to\_dict

`to_dict()`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/tree/stable/0.49/qiskit_ibm_runtime/models/backend_status.py#L66-L72)

Return a dictionary format representation of the BackendStatus.

**Returns**

The dictionary form of the QobjHeader.

**Return type**

dict\[str, *Any*]