With the advantages of large carrying capacity, continuous transportation, and economic ef? ficiency, buried pipelines, which are known as the "lifeline" for energy transmission, are widely used in many fields, such as water conservancy engineering, municipal engineering, and marine engineer? ing. However, due to the complex and changeable working loads and geological environments, the buried pipelines are prone to vertical uplift buckling failure. There are complex pipe-soil interactions in the uplift process of pipelines, and it is of great significance to master their deformation and failure mechanism to predict the uplift resistance and optimize pipeline design. Based on the study of soil de? formation and failure modes during vertical uplift buckling of pipelines, domestic and overseas schol? ars have discussed the influence factors of soil resistance, including soil type, soil compactness, drain? age conditions, pipeline diameter, uplift rate, burial rate, etc., and have proposed corresponding pre? diction models. The state-of-the-art in the deformation mechanism of the soil around the vertical buck? ling pipeline is summarized into three aspects, i.e., the failure modes of the soil, the influence factors of the soil resistance and the prediction model of the soil resistance, and the future development direc? tion of this field is also pointed out.