# What does the "connect-pending" message mean in WSE

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/what-does-the-connect-pending-message-mean-in-wse/102847>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 12, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-does-the-connect-pending-message-mean-in-wse/102847 "2026-08-12T06:06:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ks\_ko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/ks_ko/32/550_2.png) [@ks\_ko](https://community.wowza.com/u/ks_ko)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-does-the-connect-pending-message-mean-in-wse/102847/1 "2026-08-12T06:06:31Z")

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Almost every time I publish rtmp, I get a “connect-pending” message, but starting about two weeks ago, it sometimes stops showing up.  
It was this kind of pattern before  
 `publish -> create -> connect-pending -> connect`  
 `or publish -> connect-pending -> create`

In the log description document, “connect-pending” is described as  
[“Connection pending approval by application and license manager”](https://www.wowza.com/docs/about-logging-in-wowza-streaming-engine)

Since the messages are coming out less now, it feels like something’s improved, but when and why are these messages showing up?

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**Author:** ![charumathy.pugazhent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@charumathy.pugazhent](https://community.wowza.com/u/charumathy.pugazhent)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-does-the-connect-pending-message-mean-in-wse/102847/2 "2026-08-14T06:33:16Z")

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Hi @ks_ko,

Thank you for reaching out to us via Wowza Forum.

We would request you to create a Support Ticket with the Wowza Support through the **[Wowza Support portal](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket "Wowza Support portal")**.

To expedite the troubleshooting, I request you to provide the conf/ and logs/ directory with us along with the reproduction steps.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,  
**Charumathy**  
Technical Support Engineer

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**Author:** ![ks\_ko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/ks_ko/32/550_2.png) [@ks\_ko](https://community.wowza.com/u/ks_ko)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/what-does-the-connect-pending-message-mean-in-wse/102847/4 "2026-08-18T02:21:04Z")

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Sorry for causing confusion.I misinterpreted it because I was looking at the integrated log file (ELK), not the original log. Collection failed due to a Logstash parsing error