--- title: Mastering CMDx Outcomes: Results, States, and Statuses description: CMDx standardizes Ruby service object return values through a consistent Result object pattern. Every task execution returns an immutable Result containing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-cmdx-outcomes-results-states-and-statuses-kofw58ept twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mastering CMDx Outcomes: Results, States, and Statuses | daily.dev og:description: CMDx standardizes Ruby service object return values through a consistent Result object pattern. Every task execution returns an immutable Result containing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-cmdx-outcomes-results-states-and-statuses-kofw58ept og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/koFW58ePT.png og:image:alt: Mastering CMDx Outcomes: Results, States, and Statuses og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mastering CMDx Outcomes: Results, States, and Statuses **[Ruby Flow](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyflow)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CMDx standardizes Ruby service object return values through a consistent Result object pattern. Every task execution returns an immutable Result containing context, outcome metadata, and error information. The framework distinguishes between State and Status for complex workflows, enabling clear error tracing through task chains. This approach eliminates inconsistent return types (booleans, records, hashes, exceptions) and provides a typed contract for all operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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