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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.
Endpoints
GET /_cat/pending_tasks
Query parameters
The following table lists the available query parameters. All query parameters are optional.
| Parameter | Data type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
cluster_manager_timeout | String | The amount of time allowed to establish a connection to the cluster manager node. | N/A |
format | String | A short version of the Accept header, such as json or yaml. | N/A |
h | List | A comma-separated list of column names to display. | N/A |
help | Boolean | Returns help information. | false |
local | Boolean | Returns local information but does not retrieve the state from the cluster manager node. | false |
s | List | A comma-separated list of column names or column aliases to sort by. | N/A |
time | String | Specifies the time units, for example, 5d or 7h. For more information, see Supported units. Valid values are: nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, d | N/A |
v | Boolean | Enables verbose mode, which displays column headers. | false |
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