---
title: ActivityState.stale
framework: activitykit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: activitykit/activitystate/stale
---

# ActivityState.stale

The Live Activity content is out of date and needs an update.

## Declaration

```swift
case stale
```

## Mentioned in

Displaying live data with Live Activities Starting and updating Live Activities with ActivityKit push notifications

## Discussion

Discussion The content of a Live Activity may become out of date before you can update it. For example, a person may be in an area without a network connection, causing the Live Activity to not receive updates. To tell people that they are looking at outdated Live Activity content, you can configure a staleDate for your Live Activity. At the specified date, the activityState changes to stale and you can update the Live Activity to indicate that its content is out of date.

## See Also

### Live Activity states

- [ActivityState.active](activitykit/activitystate/active.md)
- [ActivityState.dismissed](activitykit/activitystate/dismissed.md)
- [ActivityState.pending](activitykit/activitystate/pending.md)
- [ActivityState.ended](activitykit/activitystate/ended.md)