# InstanceStatusSummary
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Describes the status of an instance.

## Contents
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 ** Details.N **   
The system instance health or application instance health.  
Type: Array of [InstanceStatusDetails](API_InstanceStatusDetails.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** status **   
The status.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ok | impaired | insufficient-data | not-applicable | initializing`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/InstanceStatusSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/InstanceStatusSummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/InstanceStatusSummary)