I suspect that status 0 indicates that they are investigating a problem with the server, and it switches to status 1 once the problem has been confirmed.
This is also a good example of poor icon design...they aren't self-explanatory, and so they should not be used.
Non-snarky answer: They want to post that they are investigating an issue, but do not want to comment on the scope of the problem when it is still not fully understood.