Despite the fact that we're having all kinds of different cell types, we only have a few harmonized cell statuses across all of them.
When a cell is being created it is assigned the status "draft".
Cells in status "draft" are only visible to their creators (or: original stewards).
Cells with the status "open" are a) visible to the network and b) can be interacted with.
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There are currently 2 ways for a cell to go from "draft" to "open":
Once the cell creation process has been completed successfully and no start-date has been set for the cell, the system automatically switches its status to "open"
If a start-date has been set throughout the creation process, this cell will be automatically triggered to "open"