What does it mean when a Play status is reported as a failure?

Overview

You are looking at the status of your Plays and you notice that some of them say "failure". You are wondering what exactly does it mean for a Play to be a "failure" in this context.

Information

When a Play is marked as a failure, it means that all Play Steps have been completed, but the Play has not been marked as successful.

For further reference, see Salesforce Reports: Play Status Reports for a list of all possible Play statuses and their meanings, as well as how to generate Salesforce reports based on this information.