EPP domain status code

pendingRestore

set by: registrar

The registrant has asked to restore a domain that was in redemption.

What it tells you about enforcement

Someone is paying to bring a dead domain back. On a clone estate that is a re-arm in progress.

The facts

Set by
registrar
Resolves?
Yes — this code does not by itself stop the domain resolving.
Re-armable
Not applicable: nothing was suspended.
Where you see it
The status array of an RDAP record, or the Domain Status line in whois.

Every status code

Ordered so the two that actually take a domain out of the zone come first.

Definitions follow ICANN’s published status-code list. The enforcement reading is ours. Last built 2026-09-20.