Progressive Status

Purpose

Reveal increasingly specific operational detail only as one operation takes long enough to need it.

Use when

Processing can move from a generic wait to meaningful sub-status such as preparing, optimizing and checking.

Avoid

Showing implementation detail immediately, faking progress with unrelated percentages, or leaving a static Processing label forever.

Accessibility

Expose the current stage and total stage count in text and announce only meaningful stage changes through a polite status.

Keyboard and touch

Start and restart are native buttons. The readable current status must remain visible on a narrow screen without a hover explanation.

Reduced motion and performance

Keep the same stage sequence while removing travel and opacity animation. Clean each delayed transition on restart and unmount.

Composition and anti-patterns

Use Multi-Stage Progress when named execution stages need a persistent track. Progressive Status is about earning detail over time.