Represents the result of the execution of a fiber. It may terminate in one of 3 states:

1. Succeeded(fa) The fiber completed with a value.

A commonly asked question is why this wraps a value of type F[A] rather than one of type A. This is to support monad transformers. Consider

val oc: OptionT[IO, Outcome[OptionT[IO, *], Throwable, Int]] =
  for {
    fiber <- Spawn[OptionT[IO, *]].start(OptionT.none[IO, Int])
    oc <- fiber.join
  } yield oc

If the fiber succeeds then there is no value of type Int to be wrapped in Succeeded, hence Succeeded contains a value of type OptionT[IO, Int] instead:

def run: IO[Unit] =
  for {
    res <- oc.flatMap(_.embedNever).value // `res` is `Option[Int]` here
    _ <- Console[IO].println(res) // prints "None"
  } yield ()

In general you can assume that binding on the value of type F[A] contained in Succeeded does not perform further effects. In the case of IO that means that the outcome has been constructed as Outcome.Succeeded(IO.pure(result)).

2. Errored(e) The fiber exited with an error.

3. Canceled() The fiber was canceled, either externally or self-canceled via MonadCancel[F]#canceled.