Each restore point can carry one of five readiness states:
- Healthy: Central's records and checksum metadata look complete for this restore point.
- Legacy format: informational only — the backup uses an older format without manifest integrity metadata. Restore-time safety checks still run when you start a restore; there is nothing you need to do.
- Needs attention: something actionable — most commonly a cloud copy needs another sync. Retrying the sync or reviewing your cloud settings is recommended.
- Not evaluated: Central has not assessed this restore point (only the newest restore points are evaluated, and some backup types are validated by the plugin at restore time instead). This is a neutral state, not a warning; it may not show a badge at all.
- Not restorable: Central found concrete evidence of a problem, such as a broken restore chain.
Readiness is metadata-based and is not a guaranteed restore test. The restore itself performs artifact and SHA-256 checksum checks before anything is modified, and stops safely if they fail.