flaggstatus

Flaggstatus is a term used in software engineering to denote the aggregate state of a collection of binary flags within a system. It summarizes which flags are active and which are inactive, and may include ancillary metadata such as a timestamp, origin, or rationale. The double g spelling appears in some codebases as a convention to distinguish the concept from the ordinary noun 'flag' or to reduce naming collisions.

Representation and encoding: A flaggstatus can be stored as a bitmask or bitfield, where each bit corresponds to a named flag, or as a structured mapping (for example, a JSON object or dictionary) from flag identifiers to boolean values. Bitmasks are compact; mappings favor readability and extensibility.

Usage: Flaggstatus is commonly used in feature-flag management, configuration systems, and access-control policies. For example, a flaggstatus with A: true, B: false, C: true indicates that features A and C are enabled while B is disabled. Systems may also attach timestamps or reasons to support auditing and rollback.

Variants and notes: The term is not standardized and is primarily a project-specific convention. Some teams use 'flag status' or 'flag status object' instead; the double-letter spelling is simply a naming preference in certain repositories or languages.

See also: Flag (computing), Feature flag, Bitmask, Status code, Configuration management.