In network connectivity issues, which status indicates that the request was never established?

The status indicating that the request was never established is associated with a "Timeout." This occurs when a connection attempt takes too long, leading the system to conclude that the network did not respond in a timely manner. In such situations, the underlying reason could be that the target could not be reached or the response was lost, but ultimately, the attempt to establish the connection did not succeed within the expected timeframe.

Timeouts can be indicative of a range of potential underlying issues, such as misconfigured network settings, slow network performance, or issues with the target server. Since the connection was never fully established, it’s clear that no communication took place, underscoring the definitive nature of a timeout scenario in network troubleshooting.