"Prevented" Lock Statuses?

[Bob_Zimmerman]

I'm working on ingesting lock information. In the API documentation, I see <object>.meta-info.lock is an enumeration with five values:

1. unlocked
2. locked by current session
3. locked by other session
4. prevented by current session
5. prevented by other session

The first three are pretty obvious, but I don't think I've ever seen the fourth and fifth. What do they mean?

[PhoneBoy]

@Omer_Kleinstern 

I suspect the "prevented" conditions would come up when there's a larger system operation going on that locks changes, for example an IPS database update on the management.

[_Val_]

Which specific documentation are you referencing to?

[PhoneBoy]

He's referring to our API documentation.
This "meta-info" is returned in the result of most API calls.

[Omer_Kleinstern · Accepted solution]

They are not currently used. Only the first three are expected to be returned.

[Bob_Zimmerman]

Thanks! Now I get back to figuring out a good way to fetch tasks on a recurring basis.