MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 7.3-7.4 Reference Guide

8.14.8 Replication Replica SQL Thread States

The following list shows the most common states you may see in the State column for a replica server SQL thread:

The Info column for the SQL thread may also show the text of a statement. This indicates that the thread has read an event from the relay log, extracted the statement from it, and may be executing it.