Low
265 on Worcester Bosch Greenstar 8000 Life Regular

Your boiler is perfectly healthy and is simply turning itself down or off temporarily because the heating demand in your home is currently lower than the boiler's minimum power setting.

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Monitor it

This is a minor fault. Keep an eye on it and mention it at your next annual boiler service. Reset the boiler and see if it clears.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

EMS intelligent controller has forced stand-by-mode due to low heating load. The appliance is compensating for the power required from the EMS room controller and is less than the minimum output of the boiler.

From this model's manual
Verified against the Worcester Bosch Greenstar 8000 Life Regular installation & service manual, page 71.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

Engineer required

This fault requires a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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