---
title: mattpocock-adr-status-invalid
description: Reports an unsupported optional status in a Matt Pocock Profile Architecture Decision Record.
---

[← All Rules](/rules/)

## What it does

Reports `status` frontmatter that is malformed, is not text, or is not `proposed`, `accepted`, `deprecated`, or `superseded by ADR-NNNN`. The field is optional.

## Why it matters

The Profile uses a fixed status vocabulary so readers can interpret a decision's lifecycle consistently.

## Examples

### Non-passing

```md title="docs/adr/0001-use-postgres.md"
---
status: rejected
---

# Use Postgres

We will use Postgres for durable application data.
```

### Passing

```md title="docs/adr/0001-use-postgres.md"
---
status: accepted
---

# Use Postgres

We will use Postgres for durable application data.
```

## When it applies

This is a declarative requirement of the `mattpocock@1` Profile. Selecting that Profile applies the requirement to candidate `adr` documents; it is not selected through the `rules` array.

## References

See [Presswork Configuration](/configuration/#mattpocock1) for supported statuses and [`src/profiles/definitions/mattpocock.ts`](https://github.com/evilkiwi/presswork/blob/main/src/profiles/definitions/mattpocock.ts) for the accepted values.