Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity

Pending status

When a transaction is submitted to the Ethereum network, it first goes into the pending status, waiting to be executed by the nodes. A transaction can be in the pending state for a longer duration if the gas price is set very low in the transaction and the nodes are busy processing other higher gas price transactions.

During the pending state, the transaction initiator is allowed to change the transaction fields at any time. They can do so by sending another transaction with the same nonce.