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# es_thread_state_t

A description of a thread’s machine-specfiic state.

```
struct es_thread_state_t
```

## Overview

To work with thread state, see the definitions in the include file `mach/thread_status.h` and corresponding machine-dependent headers.

## Topics

### Inspecting Thread State

[`flavor`](/documentation/EndpointSecurity/es_thread_state_t/flavor)

An indication of the representation of the machine-specific thread state.

[`state`](/documentation/EndpointSecurity/es_thread_state_t/state)

The machine-specific thread state.

[`es_token_t`](/documentation/EndpointSecurity/es_token_t)

An arbitrary buffer of data with its size.


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