---
title: "deviceStatus"
sidebar_label: "deviceStatus"
description: "Kotlin binding reference: deviceStatus."
---

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//[clika-runtime](../../../index.md)/[io.clika.runtime](../index.md)/[Backends](index.md)/[deviceStatus](deviceStatus.md)

# deviceStatus

[common]\
fun [deviceStatus](deviceStatus.md)(api: [ComputeApi](../ComputeApi/index.md)): [ClikaRtException](../ClikaRtException/index.md)?

null when the backend loads AND exposes at least one device it can serve; else the refusal, un-thrown (see the class doc).