Which state is bypassed in Rapid PVST+ when PortFast is enabled on a port?

Blocking is an STP state, but PortFast primarily bypasses the listening and learning states, accelerating the transition to forwarding.

Forwarding is the desired operational state for an active port, not a state that is bypassed; rather, PortFast accelerates the transition *to* the forwarding state.

PortFast is a Cisco feature that allows a switch access port to immediately transition from a blocking or listening state to the forwarding state upon link-up. It specifically bypasses the listening and learning states, which are typically used by STP to build the MAC address table and prevent loops, thereby speeding up the device's network access.

Discarding is a general term for blocking traffic and encompasses the blocking and listening states in some STP versions, but the specific state bypassed in terms of MAC address table population is the learning state.