Hi,
This values depends on the Minimizer used for fitting. For example if you are using Minuit2, you will have:
status = 0 : OK
status = 1 : Covariance was mad epos defined
status = 2 : Hesse is invalid
status = 3 : Edm is above max
status = 4 : Reached call limit
status = 5 : Any other failure
(see root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/ROOT__ … r:Minimize)
If you run also Hesse and/or Minos the status will be updated. See
root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/ROOT__ … izer:Hesse
root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/ROOT__ … MinosError
Best Regards
Lorenzo