> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.streampixel.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Running and monitoring builds

> Follow a cloud build from source sync to a deployable artifact — stages, live logs, deploy, and download.

Every build triggered from a [build configuration](/resources/cloud-builds/build-configurations) appears under **Build History → Recent builds**, newest first, with its platform, status, branch, and commit. Click a build to open its detail page: stage-by-stage progress, live logs, and the deploy/download actions.

## Build statuses

| Status        | Meaning                                                                                |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Queued        | Waiting for a build agent to pick it up.                                               |
| *In progress* | Running — the current stage is shown live (e.g. "Compiling", "Cooking").               |
| Ready         | Compiled and packaged; the artifact is available. Deploy it or download it.            |
| Failed        | Something went wrong — the failing stage is highlighted and the logs have the details. |
| Cancelled     | You cancelled it. Builds can be cancelled while Queued or in progress.                 |
| Superseded    | A newer build from the same configuration took its place.                              |

If the configuration has notifications on, the project owner is emailed on success and/or failure — the failure email includes the failed stage and a link to the logs.

## Build stages

A build moves through six stages, shown as tiles on the detail page:

| Stage           | What's happening                                                             |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sync source     | Pulling your source from the connected repo or depot.                        |
| Compile         | Compiling your project's code.                                               |
| Shaders         | Compiling shaders.                                                           |
| Cook content    | Cooking assets for the target platform.                                      |
| Package         | Producing the packaged Windows build.                                        |
| Upload artifact | Uploading the packaged `.zip` to build storage (with a progress percentage). |

## Live logs

The detail page streams build output live — the same output you'd see packaging locally. You can filter by level (Info / Warn / Error), search, toggle auto-scroll, and **Copy all**. Once the build finishes, **Download log** saves the full log file.

<Info>
  Logs pause during **Upload artifact** and resume when the artifact is published — a quiet console at that stage is normal.
</Info>

## When a build fails

The failed stage is highlighted, and the error is in the logs — cloud builds surface the same errors Unreal would give you locally (compile errors, cook failures, missing plugins). Filter the logs to **Error**, fix in your repo, push or hit **Run** again.

## After the build: deploy or download

A **Ready** build offers two actions:

### Deploy for streaming

**Deploy** creates a deployment — the build enters the same processing pipeline as a manually uploaded `.zip` and, once activated, replaces your current live deployment across your project's region. Current sessions aren't interrupted; new sessions get the new build once distribution completes.

From there, everything on [Builds](/resources/dashboard/builds) applies: statuses, rollback, tagging. If the build was already deployed, the button becomes **View deployment**.

### Download the artifact

**Download artifact** gives you the packaged `.zip` — the same thing you'd get out of a local `BuildCookRun`. Use it to ship the build outside Streampixel, archive it, or test it on your own machines.

## Next

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  <Card title="Manage deployments" icon="cubes" href="/resources/dashboard/builds">
    Set what's live, roll back, tag, and organize.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build lifecycle" icon="list-check" href="/resources/concepts/build-lifecycle">
    Every deployment state and webhook event after Deploy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build configurations" icon="sliders" href="/resources/cloud-builds/build-configurations">
    Tune triggers, notifications, and auto-deploy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Share your stream" icon="share" href="/resources/quick-start-guide/sharing-and-embedding">
    Once the build is live, put it in front of people.
  </Card>
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