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     <h1 class="heading-large">What happens when you send a message // Message states you’ll see in Notify</h1>
 
     <p>When you send a message using GOV.UK Notify, it moves through different states.</p>
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     <p>Notify’s real-time dashboard lets you check the status of any message, to see when it was delivered. You can use our API to check the status of your messages too.</p>
+    <p>For security, this information is only available for X days after a message has been sent. You can download a list of sent messages for your own records.</p>
 
     <p><a href="https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk/documentation">Read our documentation</a> for a detailed list of API message statuses.</p>
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