Get pending task information

GET /_cat/pending_tasks
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Get information about cluster-level changes that have not yet taken effect. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the pending cluster tasks API.

Query parameters

  • h string | array[string]

    List of columns to appear in the response. Supports simple wildcards.

  • s string | array[string]

    List of columns that determine how the table should be sorted. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/pending_tasks 
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/pending_tasks \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "insertOrder": "string",
    "timeInQueue": "string",
    "priority": "string",
    "source": "string"
  }
]
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `GET /_cat/pending_tasks?v=true`. 
insertOrder timeInQueue priority source
      1685       855ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
      1686       843ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
      1693       753ms HIGH     refresh-mapping [foo][[t]]
      1688       816ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
      1689       802ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
      1690       787ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]
      1691       773ms HIGH     update-mapping [foo][t]