A dedicated API `setStatus(value)` is available for this.
To modify another attribute for all variants of a component `withAllVariants { attributes {} }` should be utilised instead.

A module's status is taken into consideration when a <<single_versions.adoc#single-version-declarations,_latest_ version selector>> is resolved.

          <type>String</type>
        </field>
      </fields>
    </class>
    <class>
      <name>Extension</name>
      <version>4.0.0+</version>
      <description>Describes a build extension to utilise.</description>
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>groupId</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>The group ID of the extension's artifact.</description>