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CAT pending tasks
Introduced 1.0
The CAT pending tasks operation lists the progress of all pending tasks, including task priority and time in queue.
Path and HTTP methods
GET _cat/pending_tasks
URL parameters
All CAT nodes URL parameters are optional.
In addition to the common URL parameters, you can specify the following parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| local | Boolean | Whether to return information from the local node only instead of from the cluster manager node. Default is false. |
| cluster_manager_timeout | Time | The amount of time to wait for a connection to the cluster manager node. Default is 30 seconds. |
| time | Time | Specify the units for time. For example, 5d or 7h. For more information, see Supported units. |
Example request
The following example request lists the progress of all pending node tasks:
GET _cat/pending_tasks?v
Example response
insertOrder | timeInQueue | priority | source
1786 | 1.8s | URGENT | shard-started