# TorState.starting Transient state between [`start()`](/documentation/Tor/TorClient/start()) invocation and the control socket becoming reachable. ``` case starting ``` ## Discussion `tor_run_main()` has been posted to its dedicated background thread and is doing the synchronous startup work (option parsing, data directory bootstrap, control socket bind). Duration is typically sub-second on warm caches. Bootstrap progress is **not** yet being reported — those events begin arriving once `.running` is reached.