# libtmux.control:request-state

- **Package:** libtmux/control
- **Language:** Common Lisp
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-lisp/blob/c2e5fc4ed3befda21f45dfa5d5868c38fd138311/src/control.lisp#L279
- **Public owner:** libtmux.control
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/lisp/latest/reference/libtmux-control-request-state/

```
(request-state request)
```

Return retained request state without I/O.
States are :QUEUED, :WRITING, :RUNNING, :COMPLETED, :FAILED, :TIMED-OUT,
:CANCELLED and :CLOSED. A terminal result is never replaced by cancellation.

See also: `libtmux.control:await-request`, `libtmux.control:cancel-request`.

## Parameters

- `request`