[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-get-status]]
=== Get {ILM} Status API
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<titleabbrev>Get {ILM} Status</titleabbrev>
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beta[]

Retrieves the current {ilm} status.

==== Request

`GET /_ilm/status`

==== Description

Returns the status of the {ILM} plugin. The `operation_mode` field in the
response shows one of three states: `STARTED`, `STOPPING`,
or `STOPPED`. You can change the status of the {ILM} plugin with the
<<ilm-start, Start ILM>> and <<ilm-stop, Stop ILM>> APIs.

==== Request Parameters

include::{docdir}/rest-api/timeoutparms.asciidoc[]

==== Authorization

include::ilm-cluster-mgt-privilege.asciidoc[]

==== Examples

The following example gets the {ILM} plugin status.

[source,js]
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GET _ilm/status
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// CONSOLE

If the request succeeds, the body of the response shows the operation mode:

[source,js]
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{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}
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// CONSOLE
// TESTRESPONSE
