SPD 2013 WorkFlow Status Column: Status Not Updated

We are having an issue with the status display of the SPD Designer Workflow status column which is a read only column added by SharePoint to show the status of the workflow. We have some SharePoint 2013 Workflows built using SharePoint Designer that are
attached to specific SharePoint Document Libraries. The expected behavior is for this column to show the workflow statuses (Not Started, Starting Workflow, In Progress and Completed.
Based on our observation this status is showing up although the column does get added for the Workflow that we have. Is there any other dependency for SPD Workflows that are attached to Document Libraries to show the status correctly? Any other settings/configurations
to be made?
Regards,
Vikram
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Hi Venkadesh,
It is by design that 2013 workflow will show stage name in the workflow status column when
Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name is checked.
And the workflow status column will be blank when Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name is unchecked.
For existing workflows, the workflow status will still exists with the previous values after unchecking Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name.
We can use Set Workflow Status action to update the workflow status value based on our needs.
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Victoria
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