@java.lang.Override
  public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getStatusMessageBytes() {
    java.lang.Object ref = statusMessage_;
    if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
      com.google.protobuf.ByteString b =
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8((java.lang.String) ref);
      statusMessage_ = b;
      return b;
    } else {
      return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
    }
  }
<pre>
Output only. Human-readable status of the operation, if any.
</pre>

<code>string status_message = 5 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OUTPUT_ONLY];</code>

@return The bytes for statusMessage.
java-workstations/proto-google-cloud-workstations-v1beta/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/workstations/v1beta/OperationMetadata.java