Why Can't Glue Job Run Status Icons Be shown on Notebooks Screen

While your suggestion for showing Glue job run status icons directly on the notebooks screen is a reasonable idea for improving user experience, it's important to note that AWS Glue's current interface doesn't offer this functionality.

The AWS Glue console, API, and CLI do provide ways to view job run statuses, but they typically require navigating to specific sections or making API calls. Job run statuses like STARTING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, SUCCEEDED, FAILED, ERROR, WAITING, and TIMEOUT are available, but accessing them usually involves going through the job runs details.

Your suggestion to display a simple run status icon on the notebooks screen to avoid multiple clicks is indeed a potential user interface improvement. It could potentially save time and provide a more immediate overview of job statuses. However, implementing such a feature would require changes to the AWS Glue interface, which is under AWS's control.

If you feel strongly about this improvement, you could consider submitting feedback to AWS. They often take user suggestions into account for future updates and enhancements to their services. In the meantime, you may need to continue using the current methods of checking job run statuses through the available interfaces.
Sources
AWS Glue job run statuses - AWS Glue
Job runs - AWS Glue

Hello,

Thank you for providing your valuable feedback on the service. I have raised a feature request with the service team on your behalf. While I am unable to comment on if/when this feature may get released, I request you to keep an eye on our What's New and Blog pages for any new feature announcements.

Thank you!