This application provides a status notification method, an optical module, a network device, and a network system. The method includes: determining a lock status of a logical lane in a first optical module, where the first optical module belongs to a first network device, and the lock status includes a locked state or an unlocked state; and sending uplink notification information when the lock status indicates that the logical lane in the first optical module is locked, where the uplink notification information is used to enable a second optical module to determine that the logical lane in the first optical module is locked, the second optical module belongs to a second network device, and the first optical module is connected to the second optical module.