---
title: MSCriticalMessagingAuthorizationStatus.unknown
framework: messages
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: messages/mscriticalmessagingauthorizationstatus/unknown
---

# MSCriticalMessagingAuthorizationStatus.unknown

The authorization status is unknown.

## Declaration

```swift
case unknown
```

## Discussion

Discussion A person hasn’t either explicitly authorized or denied authorization to use the framework.

## See Also

### Authorization statuses

- [MSCriticalMessagingAuthorizationStatus.denied](messages/mscriticalmessagingauthorizationstatus/denied.md)
- [MSCriticalMessagingAuthorizationStatus.approved](messages/mscriticalmessagingauthorizationstatus/approved.md)