docs: def status(self, *args, **kwargs):
          """
          Call this method to get a dictionary that will
          describe the status of all components.  The `*args`
          and `**kwargs` will be passed to the function
  
          :param list args: args to pass to all of the component checkers
          :param dict kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to
              all of the component checkers
          :return: A dictionary including the
          :rtype: dict
          """
          resp = {}
          available = True
          fail_count = 0
  
          for component_name, checker in self._component_checkers.items():
              status_data = self._check_status(checker, self.read_exception, *args, **kwargs)
              status_data['status'] = self._status_english(status_data['available'])
              available = available and status_data['available']
              if not status_data['available']:
                  fail_count += 1
              resp[component_name] = status_data
  
          return dict(status=self._status_english(available),
                      available=available,
                      components=resp,
                      failure_count=fail_count)