[image] The Internet Computer Interface Specification | Internet Computer Home theinternetcomputerinterfacespecification} The canister_status when queried by a canister for itself is rejected. This is because this call is only allowed for principals that are …

Good news: the next replica version will allow a canister to read its own status. However, due to security concerns, we have not implemented the analogous relaxation that would allow a canister to update its settings. This change would make auditing canisters somewhat more involved since a caniste…

Feature Request: Provide easier access to canister_status

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jzxchiang September 16, 2022, 1:03am 6

Wasn’t a variant of this proposed under this RFC? I think that proposal never got much traction for whatever reason.

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Feature Request: Provide easier access to canister_status

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